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Hmmm, it's a bit big but I'll give it a try It is a lovely fish, but I don't know the species. Butorides striata,Geotagged,Mauritius,Striated heron,Winter Click/tap to enlarge

Hmmm, it's a bit big but I'll give it a try

It is a lovely fish, but I don't know the species.

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The striated heron is a small heron. Their breeding habitat is small wetlands in the Old World tropics from west Africa to Japan and Australia, and in South America. Vagrants have been recorded on oceanic islands, such as Chuuk and Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marianas and Palau.

Similar species: Pelicans, Herons, Ibises
Species identified by englishindiangirl
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Uploaded Jul 20, 2016. Captured Jul 3, 2016 10:04 in A2, Pamplemousses, Mauritius.
  • FinePix S5700 S700
  • f/3.5
  • 1/181s
  • ISO200
  • 63.3mm