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Purple Heron

Ardea purpurea

Photo by SukanyaDatta
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Field Notes

Description:

Large, elegant bird; grey, white and ashy-blue feathers. Neck is elongated, almost snake-like. Long legs.

Habitat:

This is a captive animal at Alipore Zoo, Kolkata.

Notes:

I try to avoid posting pics of captive animals...but could not resist posting this.

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