STRIATED HERON Butorides striata #

Local name Man Posow (Sansundi).

Range B. s. papuensis Biak, Supiori, Numfor, Yapen.

Status Resident. Obtained by two collectors including Ripley (Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee 1939). Sparsely distributed and infrequently seen, mainly in coastal mangroves, very rarely on mudflats. 19 January 1995: seen on north coast of Biak (D. Holmes unpubl.). Recently small numbers (1‒3) fairly regularly recorded at the tsunami swamp.

Breeding Ripley noted an empty nest on a small mangrove island off Korrido, Supiori.