Bitterns
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Bitterns
A1 12 Jun 2022
A1ii. 20 Dec 2024
FE 200-600/5.6-6.3 G
GM 600/4. 10 Sept 2022
Manfrotto Series 190
Berlebach Report 8013
GHFG1. 14 Dec 2021
WH-200II. 29 Jun 2024
Yellow Bittern
A small, pale buffy-brown bittern. Male is black-crowned and black on flight feathers and tail.
Reference: Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah
Male flying Yellow Bittern, Keppel Discovery Wetlands, 11 Feb 2022
A7R4 APS-C mode, , f6.3 1/1600. @600mm, ISO 1250, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2
Male, A6400, Jurong Lake Garden, 11 Jan 2021
f8 1/800. @600mm, ISO 1600, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2
A6400, Satay by the Bay Lily Pond, 19 Feb 2021
f7.1 1/2500. @600mm, ISO 800, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2
A6400, Satay by the Bay Lily Pond, 19 Feb 2021
f7.1 1/2500. @600mm, ISO 800, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2
Admiralty Park, 15 Nov 2024
f8 1/640. ISO 400, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II
Chinese Garden, 31 Dec 2024
f7.1, 1/2500 ISO 800, GM600 TC1.4x, 190XPROB/WH-200II
Chinese Garden, 31 Dec 2024
f7.1, 1/2500 ISO 1000, GM600 TC1.4x, 190XPROB/WH-200II
Chinese Garden, 31 Dec 2024
f7.1, 1/3200 ISO 800, GM600 TC1.4x, 190XPROB/WH-200II
Chinese Garden, 31 Dec 2024
f7.1, 1/3200 ISO 800, GM600 TC1.4x, 190XPROB/WH-200II
Juvenile Yeloow Bittern usually shows heavy dark streaking on back and underparts.
A6400, Jurong Lake Garden Fusion Spoon, 11 Jan 2021
f8 1/500. @600mm, ISO 800, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2
A7R4 APS-C mode, Kingfisher Wetlands Park, 4 Mar 2022
f10 1/2000. @600mm, ISO 800, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2
Juvenile Yellow Bittern, A7R4 APS-C mode, Kingfisher Wetlands Park, 4 Mar 2022
f10 1/2500. @600mm, ISO 800, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2
A7R4 APS-C mode, Kingfisher Wetlands Park, 4 Mar 2022
f10 1/2000. @600mm, ISO 800, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2
Angry Bittern after missing a catch, Kingfisher Wetlands Park, 13 Jan 2022
A7R4 APC-C mode, f8 1/1000. @600mm, ISO 800, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2
A7R4 APC-C mode, Kingfisher Wetlands Park, 13 Jan 2022
f8 1/1250. @600mm, ISO 800, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2
A7R4 APS-C mode, Kingfisher Wetlands Park, 17 Mar 2022
f8 1/1250 @600mm, ISO 1250, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2
A7R4 APS-C mode, Kingfisher Wetlands Park, 17 Mar 2022
f8 1/1600. @600mm, ISO 1250, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2
A7R4 APS-C mode, Kingfisher Wetlands Park, 4 Mar 2022
f8 1/1600. @600mm, ISO 1250, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2
Black Bittern
A large, dark bittern with streaked underparts. Combination of blackish plumage, buffy sides of throat, neckand upper breast and dark bill, legs and feet is diagnostic. First-winter bird shows pale fringing on upperpart feathers.
Reference: Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah
A6400, Satay by the Bay, 19 Feb 2021
f8 1/500. @600mm, ISO 800, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2
Von Schrenck's Bittern
Small, strikingly-coloured bittern with contrasting dark back and pale wings. Adult male rich chestnut from face, hindback to lower back, contrasting strongly with buff underparts, shoulder and wing coverts. Female similar but wings entirely chestnut, with bold spotting upperparts and wings. Both sexes crown black. Young birds are heavily spotted on upperparts, and boldly streaked on underparts.
Reference: Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah
Female, A7R4 APS-C mode, Hougang Ave 10, 19 Nov 2021
f8 1/1000. @560mm, ISO 8000, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2
Female, A7R4 APS-C mode, Hougang Ave 10, 19 Nov 2021
f9 1/80. @560mm, ISO 1600, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2
Cinnamon Bittern
A small, richly coloured bittern. Male is uniformly cinnamon-brown on the upper parts, while underparts mostly warm buffish. Female is darker brown on upper parts with fine speckling, and heavily streaked on underparts.
Immature, Bishan and Ang Mo Kio Park, Pond Garden, 18 Apr 2024
f6.3 1/1250. ISO 1250, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1