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Indian Pond-Heron

Ardeola grayii

हिन्दी: अंधा बगुला

IUCN: Least Concern
Indian Pond-Heron (Ardeola grayii) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Kota, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name
Ardeola grayii
Hindi name
अंधा बगुला
Family
Ardeidae, order Pelecaniformes
Group
Bird
Conservation status
Least Concern

A brown, unnoticed bird that flashes white when it flies.

  • Spot it Streaky brown body, yellow legs and bright white wings in flight.
  • Home Ponds, paddy fields and wetland edges.
  • Food web Eats fish, frogs and insects; larger birds and snakes may take its young.
  • Why it matters Controls insects, small fish and frogs, and its presence shows a living pond or paddy field.

Read more: Indian pond heron on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 1 verified record of this species on iNaturalist in 2022, in Kota.[20]

Sources

  1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  2. Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikidata (Hindi labels for species) (database). Open data, used for Hindi common names.
  5. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  6. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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