Ardeola Bacchus

The Chinese crabier ( Ardeola Bacchus ), is a species of Héron of the family of the Ardeidae found in the marshes of fresh water and brackish water in China and in the east of the Asia.

Description

It 45 centimetres is high with white wings, a yellow nozzle at the black end, yellow eyes and legs. It is especially red, blue and white during the season of the loves, brown gray strewn with white the remainder of time.

Food

It nourishes insects, fish and shellfish.

Reproduction

The female lays three to six of a blue-green, often in several nests

References

  • American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) (2000): Forty-second supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Checklist off North American Birds. Auk 117 (3): 847-858. DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038 (2000) 1172.0.CO; 2

  • International BirdLife (2004). Ardeola Bacchus. 2006 IUCN Red List off Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved one 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is off least concern
  • Robson, Craig (2000): In Field to the Birds South East Asia Guides off. New Holland, London. ISBN 1-85368-313-2

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