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14 January 2026. Yishun Pond Park morning. Cataract review at 9am, KTPH
13 January 2026. Yishun Pond Park afternoon. Discharged Judy, 4pm from KTPH
Canon R5 300 mm
1/1600 sec, f/5.6, iso 3200
Yishun Pond Park water cul-de-sac area
The Striated Heron (Butorides striata) is common in Singapore. Known as Mangrove Heron, Little Heron, green-backed Heron. It is a small stocky water bird with short legs and a black crown. Often found foraging alone in dense vegetation along bodies of water.
Diet consists of crabs, other crustaceans, mollusks and small fish.
Video of a predator focused on the prey such as small fish. Very few.
Canon R5, 300 mm, 1/1600 sec, f/5.6, ISO 6400
The Striated Heron (Butorides striata) is found in both freshwater and saltwater marshes from eastern Panama south to northern Argentina, This small, often compact-looking heron is encountered foraging alone in the dense vegetation along bodies of water.
It employs a great variety of foraging techniques to catch prey items such as fish, amphibians, insects and crustaceans. It is very similar in appearance to, and also very closely related to, the Green Heron (Butorides virescens) of North and Central America and the Caribbean, the Lava Heron (Butorides sundevalli) of the Galapagos, and the Little Heron (Butorides atricapilla) of Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Together, these have previously been considered a single species, but the Striated Heron is somewhat more poorly known than its congeners.
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