Yellow Bittern
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(New page: Image:Yellowbittern.jpg '''Common Name:''' Yellow Bittern<br> '''Scientific Name:''' Ixobrychus sinensis '''Size:''' 15 inches (38 cm) '''Habitat:''' Asia; breeding in tropical Asia...) |
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'''Habitat:''' Asia; breeding in tropical Asia from Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka east to Japan and Indonesia. | '''Habitat:''' Asia; breeding in tropical Asia from Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka east to Japan and Indonesia. | ||
| - | '''Status:''' Least Concern. Global Population: 100,000 - 1,000,000. Yellow Bitterns are still common and currently not endangered. But they are affected by habitat destruction and overuse of pesticides which poison their prey and them. Ironically, Bitterns may actually help control insect pests on rice fields and should be encouraged. | + | '''Status:''' Least Concern. '''Global Population:''' 100,000 - 1,000,000. Yellow Bitterns are still common and currently not endangered. But they are affected by habitat destruction and overuse of pesticides which poison their prey and them. Ironically, Bitterns may actually help control insect pests on rice fields and should be encouraged. |
'''Diet:''' Small fish, frogs and invertebrates. They usually hunt from cover but may also forage over floating vegetation, such as water-hyacinth beds. They are more active at dawn and dusk. | '''Diet:''' Small fish, frogs and invertebrates. They usually hunt from cover but may also forage over floating vegetation, such as water-hyacinth beds. They are more active at dawn and dusk. | ||
When alarmed, it points its bill skyward and aligns its body contours, and thus the stripes on its breast with the surrounding vertical wetland grasses. This is commonly known as the “bittern-stance” that the bird can maintain for hours. | When alarmed, it points its bill skyward and aligns its body contours, and thus the stripes on its breast with the surrounding vertical wetland grasses. This is commonly known as the “bittern-stance” that the bird can maintain for hours. | ||
| - | '''Found in Shorebirds Volume II: Herons and Bitterns''' | + | |
| + | '''Found in [http://hivewire3d.com/songbird-remix-shorebirds-herons.html Songbird ReMix Shorebirds Volume II: Herons and Bitterns]''' | ||
