LOCAL NAMES

• Kana Koka, කණ කොකා, කන කොකා, बगळा, ഹെറോൺ, ஹெரான், बगला, కొంగ, হেরন, Héron, બગલો, Reiher, Ερωδιός, بگلا, কণামুছৰি, দেশি কানিবক, अन्हबकुला, अन्हरा बकुला, કાણી બગલી, अंधा बगुला, ಕೊಳದ ಬಕ, കുളക്കൊക്ക്, वंचक, भुरा बगळा, कोक, ढोकरी, खरबा बगळा (कोकण भाग), आसकोटे बकुल्ला, କାଣ୍ଟିବଗ, स्वल्पकंक, अंधबक, कारण्डव, குளத்துக் கொக்கு
• Assamese কণামুছৰি
• Bulgarian Индийска гривеста чапла
• Chinese 印度池鷺
• Chinese (SIM) 印度池鹭
• Czech volavka hnědohřbetá
• Danish Rishejre
• Dutch Indische Ralreiger
• English Indian Pond-Heron
• English (UK) Indian Pond Heron
• English (United States) Indian Pond-Heron
• Finnish intianriisihaikara
• French Crabier de Gray
• French (French Guiana) Crabier de Gray
• German Paddyreiher
• Greek Ινδικός Κρυπτοτσικνιάς
• Gujarati કાણી બગલી
• Hebrew אנפית סוף הודית
• Hindi अंधा बगुला
• Hungarian Indiai üstökösgém
• Icelandic Tjarnhegri
• Japanese インドアカガシラサギ
• Lithuanian Mangrovinis kūdrinis garnys
• Malayalam കുളക്കൊക്ക്
• Marathi ढोकरी
• Norwegian mangrovehegre
• Odia କଣ୍ଟି ବଗ
• Persian حواصیل هندی
• Polish czapla siodłata
• Portuguese (Portugal) Papa-ratos-indiano
• Romanian Stârc galben indian
• Russian Индийская прудовая цапля
• Serbian Indijska žuta čaplja
• Slovak čaplička ryžová
• Slovenian Indijska čopasta čaplja
• Spanish Garcilla India
• Spanish (Spain) Garcilla india
• Swedish rishäger
• Telugu గుడ్డి కొంగ
• Thai นกยางกรอกพันธุ์อินเดีย
• Turkish Hint Alaca Balıkçılı
• Ukrainian Чапля індійська

DESCRIPTION

Ardeola grayii, Also known as paddybird is a small heron. possibly the most abundant wetland bird. breeding in southern Iran and east to the Indian subcontinent, Burma, and Sri Lanka. Adults in breeding plumage have a dark reddish brown back that contrasts with a yellowish head, neck, and breast. In flight, adults appear surprisingly white due to their strikingly white wings, underparts, and tail. Juvenile streakier below than adult. Their sound, calls are like. Locally named Kana koka.