202122 -23 September, where was a wild bird spotted heron found?

2021A wild bird spotted heron was found in Dongling Wetland, Rudong County, Nantong City from 22 to 23 September.

Spotted herons are aquatic birds, mainly distributed in northern Australia, Sulawesi, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and other places. Our country only appears occasionally in Taiwan Province Province. This is the first time that a wild bird spotted heron was found in Dongling Wetland, Rudong County, Nantong City, Jiangsu Province.

Spotted heron

Spotted heron is a medium-sized wading bird, with a body length of 43-55cm and a weight of 247-280g g. The top of the head is similar to the size of the egret, but the top of the head is blue and black with a feather crown; The cheeks are white to the neck, with white withered feathers on the chest, blue-black on the back and lower body, and yellow mouth.

Marshes, lagoons, flooded grasslands and mangroves living near the coast like to gather together. They often move in shallow water near the water in small groups of 3-5 or more than 65,438+00. At night, they integrate dozens or hundreds of large groups in their habitats and disperse into small groups during the day. The food of spotted heron is amphibians, small mollusks and fish, but most of them are aquatic insects and its larvae.