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Great Bittern (Botaurus Leucocephala)

Size:

Indian pond heron+

 

Field characters:

Tawny buff ,barred or mottled with blackish . Bill short ,stout and pointed. stance hunchbacked as in 6the Indian pond heron.

 

Food:

Fish, frogs ,etc...

 

Nesting:

Breeds in temperate palaeartic from great Britain -Japan

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