Bitterns

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Bitterns

A1 12 Jun 2022

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

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