Green Heron

No. 2 is my pick!!

Butroides virescens - but yes I too wonder why is it called Green. We have a related one in Asia- the Little Green heron (Butrodes stiata) and that one too ain't green

http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?p=7&Bird_ID=1104&Bird_Family_ID=&pagesize=1

I missed this one last month in the sunder bans. Its camouflage was too good and it kind of blasted off before i could l focus

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Arijit