![]() Black-Crowned Night Heron Black-Crowned Night Heron is a bird with blackish or very dark grey back and crown. The bill of the bird is dark and its eyes are red in color. It has whitish grey underside and light grey wings. The bird has light yellow or orange colored legs. Two or three long white plumes extend from the back of the bird’s head during greeting and courtship. Indian Pond Heron ![]() White-Bellied Heron White-Bellied Heron has been traced in the wetlands of the tropical and subtropical forests in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas of India. This critically endangered bird has a plain dark grey upper body. It has black colored bill, dark crown and a long neck. Its belly is whitish in color. The legs are black in appearance. The breeding bird can be identified in terms of a grayish-whitish nape plume and elongated grey breast feathers with whitish centers. Chinese Pond Heron ![]() Western Reef Heron Western Reef Heron exhibits two plumage color forms and is therefore known to be an all-white morph and a dark grey morph bird. The white morphed bird has a yellow bill. The grey morphed bird has a whitish throat. The breeding bird is identified in terms of reddish legs and facial skin and two long feathers on the sides of the nape. Subspecies schistacea is known to breed along the coast of India to the east of India. Other Indian Herons Malayan Night Heron, Purple Heron and Striated Heron are the names of the other Indian Herons. |