A quintessential wading bird, the Chinese Pond Heron is widely distributed across a region extending from Bangladesh through China to Southeast Asia. During the breeding season, its head and neck take on a chestnut-red hue, while its back plumage turns purplish-black; its chest and throat, however, remain white. These birds inhabit lowland environments such as rice paddies, ponds, lakes, reservoirs, and marshlands. Their diet consists primarily of small fish, crabs, frogs, and insects, though they occasionally consume plant matter. They typically forage in the shallow waters along the shoreline, as well as in marshes and rice paddies; they are usually solitary or move in small groups, though they sometimes congregate in large flocks numbering in the tens.

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属于典型的涉禽类，广泛分布于孟加拉至中国到东南亚地区。繁殖季节，其头部和颈部呈现栗红色，背羽为紫黑色，而胸、喉部保持白色。池鹭栖息于低地的稻田、池塘、湖泊、水库和沼泽湿地，以小鱼、蟹、蛙、昆虫为主要食物，偶尔摄取植物性食物。它们多在水边浅水处或沼泽、稻田中觅食，通常单独或小群体活动，有时形成数十只的大群。