Herons (Ardeidae)
Malayan Night-heron (Gorsachius melanolophus) - HBW 1, p. 421
French: Bihoreau malais
German: Wellenreiher
Spanish: Martinete Malayo
Other common names: Malayan/Tiger Bittern
Taxonomy: Ardea melanolopha Raffles, 1822, western Sumatra.
Sometimes placed with all other night herons in genus Nycticorax. May form superspecies with G. goisagi. Monotypic.
Distribution: SW India, in Western Ghats, S to Nilgiris and S Kerala; Assam to S China and S through Indochina to Philippines; Nicobar Is. Winters in Sri Lanka, Malay Peninsula and Greater Sundas.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult looking for prey and finding, catching and eating a sizeable cricket. Locality Hui-Sun Forest Reserve, Nantou County, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 April 2011 17 weeks ago 1 min 15 sec 4.7 -
An adult standing, starting to walk, stopping to defecate and walking again. Locality Hui-Sun Forest Reserve, Nantou County, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 April 2011 17 weeks ago 56 sec 4.5 -
adult on forest floor Locality Hui-Sun Forest Reserve, Nantou County, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 20 July 2009 2 years ago 23 sec 4.4 -
immature walking away on short grass, eventually flies up in to tree Locality Hui-Sun Forest Reserve, Nantou County, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 20 July 2009 2 years ago 44 sec 4.3 -
An adult walking, running and stopping to catch and eat an unidentified prey. Locality Hui-Sun Forest Reserve, Nantou County, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 April 2011 17 weeks ago 59 sec 4.2 -
An adult standing and starting to walk in search of prey. Locality Hui-Sun Forest Reserve, Nantou County, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 April 2011 17 weeks ago 41 sec 4
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A juvenile on a branch.
Locality Botanical Garden, Taipei City, Taiwan
alder 11 June 2008 3 years ago 4.2 -
Adult male holding worm
Locality Hong Kong
John and Jemi Holmes 24 September 2004 2 years ago 4 -
A close-up of the head.
Locality Khao Kheow Open Zoo, Chonburi, Central Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 April 2008 2 years ago 4 -
A bird standing on the ground.
Locality Botanical Garden, Taipei City, Taiwan
alder 3 December 2008 3 years ago 3.5 -
Juvenile bird at roadside
Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand
Klaus Lachenmaier 14 July 2005 47 weeks ago 3.3 -
Malayan Night-Heron (Gorsachius melanolophus)
Locality Hui-Sun Forest Reserve, Nantou County, Taiwan
Guy Poisson 21 March 2008 1 year ago 2.3
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bird calling from forest at night Locality Iriomotejima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan
Desmond Allen 1 February 2002 1 year ago 3
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