Erythrophoyx woodfordi = Ixobrychus flavicollis woodfordi (black bittern) Erythrophoyx woodfordi (Grant) = Dupetor flavicollis woodfordi (Ogilvie Grant, 1888)
English: Black Bittern
Date 1898
Source Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum (Vol. 26 Plate IV)
Author John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912); Richard Bowdler Sharpe & W.R. Ogilvie-Grant (William Robert Ogilvy-Grant) (text)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ErythrophoyxWoodfordiKeulemans.jpg
Ixobrychus flavicollis woodfordi is a subspecies of the black bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis), a bird of Old World origin. Black bitterns breed in tropical Asia from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka east to China, Indonesia, and Australia. The black bittern is mainly resident, but some northern birds migrate short distances. It feeds on insects, fish, and amphibians. The distribution range of Ixobrychus flavicollis woodfordi is limited to the Solomon Islands .
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Ixobrychus
Species: Ixobrychus flavicollis (Latham, 1790)
Synonyms: Dupetor flavicollis
