CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae

Ixobrychus flavicollis  

Black Bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis)
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© Kay Parkin 2011
Artemis Station, QLD (Aug, 2011)

We were sitting quietly at a dam at sunrise when this Black Bittern flew in to drink! It landed on the far side of the dam, the low morning-light making it almost impossible to photograph.

Black Bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis)

Black Bittern

Black Bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis)

Black Bittern

Black Bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis)

Black Bittern

Black Bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis)

Black Bittern

Black Bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis)

Black Bittern