I've previously posted on the Indian pond heron which we saw in Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka we saw it in both breeding plumage (which is beautiful) and non-breeding plumage. In a visit to Kaziranga NP in Assam, India, in December 2024, we only saw them in non-breeding plumage, but we did see them with out-stretched necks which we had not seen in Sri Lanka.
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| This illustration of the Indian pond heron from Birds of the World shows how beautiful the breeding plumage is. The illustration below shows it in flight. |
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| This range map from Birds of the World shows that both Sri Lanka and northeastern India have the Indian pond heron year-round. |
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| It looks like a completely different birds with its neck out-stretched. This and the next two were seen in the Western Range of Kaziranga. |
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| In the Burhapahar Range of Kaziranga. |
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| In the Eastern Range of Kaziranga. |
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