Japanese Night Heron
Gorsachius goisagi(Temminck, CJ, 1836)
English (US) Japanese Night Heron
The Japanese Night Heron (Gorsachius goisagi) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns) in the order Pelecaniformes.
Range: breeds Jeju (off southern Korean Peninsula), Honshu to Kyushu (central to southern Japan), and Taiwan; non-breeders range Ryukyu Islands (southern Japan) to PhilippinesRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gorsachius goisagi
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Japanese Night Heron
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1836)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Nycticorax goisagi
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1836)
- Type locality
- Japan.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.98, vol.5 pl.582,text
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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