yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis), black bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis) English: « Ardea cinnamonea » = Ixobrychus sinensis (Yellow Bittern) - adult and young
Français: « Ardea cinnamonea » = Ixobrychus sinensis (Blongios de Chine) - adulte et jeune
Date between 1830 and 1832
Source Illustrations of Indian Zoology - volume 1 http://archive.org/stream/IllustrationsOfIndianZoology1/Hardwicke1#page/n143/mode/2up
Author Thomas Hardwicke (1755–1835)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ixobrychus_sinensis_Hardwicke.jpg
1. Ardea cinnamonea Lath. Cinnamon Heron. Young. = yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)
2. Ardea flavicollis Wagler. Yellow-necked Heron. = black bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis)
The yellow bittern or Chinese little bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis) is a small bittern. It is of Old World origins, breeding in the northern Indian Subcontinent, east to Japan and Indonesia.
The black bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis) is a bittern of Old World origin, breeding in tropical Asia from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka east to China, Indonesia, and Australia. It is mainly resident, but some northern birds migrate short distances.
