Ardea sumatrana, Raffles, 1822

Bishop, K. David, 2023, The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 143 (1), pp. 3-62 : 24

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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).