The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy
Author
Bishop, K. David
text
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club
2023
2023-03-06
143
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journal article
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10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2
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GREAT-BILLED HERON
Ardea sumatrana
#
Local names
Man Kubuy (Sansundi;
Soeparno 1977
: Samber, Urembori dialects); Man Sowi (
Soeparno 1977
).
Range
Biak, Supiori, Owi, Yapen.
Status
Resident? The only specimen is an adult female collected by
Beccari
in
May 1875
(
Salvadori 1880
–82). Very few recent records on Biak or anywhere in Teluk Cenderawasih: singles at the tsunami swamp
2 October 2017
(
R
.
Tizard
, eBird checklist S51365737),
14 November 2017
(
A. Walker
, eBird checklist S46415753),
23 August 2019
(
K. Behrens
, eBird checklist S 59190619) and
26 August 2019
(
P. Chaon
, eBird checklist S 59271786).
13 January 1994
: immature on
Owi
(
P. Gregory
in litt
. 2000).