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Herons of Singapore

A7R4. in APS-C mode

A1. 12 Jun 2022

FE 200-600/5.6-6.3 G

GM 600/4  10 Sept 2022

MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

190XPROB/GHFG1.   14 Dec 2022

MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1.  May 2022

Purple Heron

A large heron with chestnut-brown neck, two black lines running down the side of the neck. Black cap, with nape plumes. Upperparts mostly grey, with maroon belly and flanks. In flight, maroon underwings differentiate it from other herons. Young birds are light brown and lack the neck markings of adults.

Adult, f8 1/800. @600mm, ISO 800, Bishan AMK Park Pond Garden, 9 Apr 2022

Juvenile, A6400, f9 1/2000. @496mm, ISO 500, Bishan Ang Mo Kio Park, Pond Garden, 5 Nov 2020

A6400, f9 1/2000. @306mm, ISO 800, Bishan AMK Park Pond Garden, 5 Nov 2020

A6400, f8 1/1600. @600mm, ISO 800, Bishan AMK Park Pond Garden, 5 Nov 2020

A6400, f8 1/1000. @600mm, ISO 800, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 10 Nov 2019

Great-billed Heron

The largest in Singapore. Entirely dusky grey with pale grey plumes on scapulars, lower foreneck and breast. Facial skin dull yellow. In flight, uniformly dark underwings. 

A6400, f6.3 1/800. @565mm, ISO 1600, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Platform 2, 4 Oct 2020

A6400, f6.3 1/640. @600mm, ISO 1600, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Platform 2, 4 Oct 2020

A6400, f6.3 1/800. @459mm, ISO 1600, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Platform 2, 4 Oct 2020

A6400, f7.1 1/800 @500mm, ISO 3200, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Platform 2, 20 Jun 2020

A6400, f6.3 1/640. @376mm, ISO 1600, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Platform 2, 4 Oct 2020

A6400, f8 1/500. @600mm, ISO 1000, Subgei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Platform 2, 12 Dec 2022

f11 1/2000. @600mm, TC 1.4x, ISO 1600, Eagle Point, 3 Sep 2022

f8 1/1600. ISO 1600, GM600 TC 1.4x, Eagle Point, 11 Oct 2022

Striated Heron

A common small slate-grey heron with black crown and long nape plumes. Uppersides tinged greenish, with pale fringes to wing feathers. Throat and upeer breast white, with prominent black moustachial stripe. Underparts pale grey. Facial skin greenish yellow. Bill is black with yellow base to lower mandible. Legs and feet yellowish orange. Juveniles browner.

A7R2, f9 1/200. @493mm, full frame, ISO 400, Jurong Lake Garden, Fusion Spoon, 11 Jan 2021

A6400, f8 1/2000  @600mm, ISO 640, Eagle Point, 26 Jan 2020

A6400, f8 1/2000.  @600mm, ISO 800, Eagle Point, 19 Sept 2020

f8 1/2000. @600mm, ISO 800, Eagle Point, 10 Apr 2022

A6400, f6.3 1/1600. @600mm, ISO 1250, Eagle Point, 26 Jan 2020

Juvenile, A7R2, f8 1/500  ISO 160, Nikkor 600/5.6 ED-IF AIS

Berlebach Report 8013/Erde-3065 Ball, 4 Jun 2017

A6400, f6.3 1/1000. @600mm, ISO 800, Eagle Point, 9 Dec 2020

f9 1/1600. @600mm, TC 1.4x, ISO 3200, Woodlands Waterfront, 31 Aug 2022

Juvenile, f10 1/2000. @600mm, TC 1.4x, ISO 1600, Eagle Point, 25 Aug 2022

Black-crowned Night Heron

A stocky red-eyed heron with black head, mantle and scapulars, contrasting with mostly pale grey plumage. Bill is black and lores greyish blue. Feet and legs are yellow, becoming reddish during breeding season. Juveniles are brownish overall with white spotting on wings and brown streaking on head and breast

A7R1, f5.6/8 1/320. ISO 800, 300/4 Tele-Tessar T*, full frame, Jurong Bird Park, 17 Dec 2015

A7R2, f6.3 1/500. @463mm, Full Frame, ISO 800, Satay by the Bay, 20 July 2019

A7R2, f8 1/500. @600mm, APS-C mode, ISO 800,

, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 22 Aug 2020

Juvenile

f9 1/1600. @600mm, TC 1.4x, ISO 4000, Woodlands Waterfront, 3 Aug 2022

f9 1/1600. @600mm, TC 1.4x, ISO 4000, Woodlands Waterfront, 3 Aug 2022

Javan Pond Heron

A small, stocky and short-necked heron. Non-breeding birds, which are most often seen, are streaked brown on head, neck and breast, with brown upperparts and white wings, and are almost impossible to tell apart from non-breeding Javan adn Indian Pond Herons. Early-arriving or late-departing birds maybe in diagnostic breeding plumages, chestnut-maroon on head, neck and breast.

f8 1/1600. @600mm, ISO 800, Marina East Drive, 14 Feb 2022

f8 1/2000. @600mm, ISO 800, Marina East Drive, 14 Feb 2022

Chinese Pond Heron

A small, stocky and short-necked heron. Non-breeding birds, which are most often seen, are streaked brown on head, neck and breast, with brown upperparts and white wings, and are nearly impossible to tell apart from non-breeding Javan and Indian Pond Herons. Early-arriving or late-departing birds may be in diagnostic breeding plumages, chestnut-maroon on head, neck and breast.

Non-breeding, A6400, f9 1/640. @600mm, ISO 800, Satay by the Bay Lily Pond, 19 Feb 2021

Malayan Night Heron

A medium size, short necked, rufous Heron with contrasting black crown and crest. Bill black, facial skin greenish blue, legs and feet green. Juvenile is duller with irregular buffish and greyish barring and vermiculations througout plumage, while throat is pale buffy with dark mesial streak.

A6400, f6.3 1/200. @289mm, ISO 20000, Hindhede Nature Park, 27 Jan 2020

A6400, f6.3 1/200. @400mm, ISO 20000, Hindhede Nature Park, 27 Jan 2020