LOCAL NAMES

කහ මැටි-කොකා, Kaha mati koka, बिटर्न, Butor, Rohrdommel, Tarabuso, Avetoro, হলদে বক, जुन बकुला, Blongios de Chine, પીળી પેણ બગલી, पिवळा तापस
Bulgarian Китайски малък воден бик
Chinese 黃小鷺
Chinese (SIM) 黄苇鳽
Croatian žutonoga čapljica
Czech bukáček žlutonohý
Danish Okkergul Dværghejre
Dutch Chinese Woudaap
English Yellow Bittern
English (United States) Yellow Bittern
French Blongios de Chine
French (French Guiana) Blongios de Chine
German Chinadommel
Hebrew אנפית צהובה
Icelandic Gulþvari
Indonesian Bambangan kuning
Japanese ヨシゴイ
Korean 덤불해오라기
Malayalam മഞ്ഞക്കൊച്ച
Norwegian okerrørdrum
Polish bączek żółtawy
Russian Китайский волчок
Serbian Žuta čapljica
Slovak bučiačik žltohnedý
Slovenian Kitajska čapljica
Spanish Avetorillo Chino
Spanish (Spain) Avetorillo chino
Swedish kinesisk dvärgrördrom
Thai นกยางไฟหัวดำ
Turkish Sarı Küçük Balaban
Ukrainian Бугайчик китайський a

DESCRIPTION

Ixobrychus sinensis, Very small heron of marshy, well-vegetated water bodies. breeding in the northern Indian Subcontinent, east to the Russian Far East, Japan and Indonesia. The male is uniformly dull yellow above and buff below. The head and neck are chestnut, with a black crown. The female’s crown, neck and breast are streaked brown. the juvenile is like the female but heavily streaked brown below, and mottled with buff above. Yellow bitterns feed on insects, fish and amphibians. Typically quiet, but occasionally gives harsh grating calls when flushed. their sounds calls are like … Named locally as Kaha Matikoka.