Squacco Heron breeding plumage just caught tadpole stocky species short neck short thick bill buff-brown back summer adults

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Squacco Heron in breeding plumage. just caught a tadpole. This is a stocky species with a short neck, short thick bill and buff-brown back. In summer, adults have long neck feathers. Its appearance is transformed in flight, when it looks very white due to the colour of the wings

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Keywords: ardea, ardeola, botswana, breeding, caught, heron, hheron, okavango, plumage, ralloides, squacco, tadpole