Malayan Night Heron
Gorsachius melanolophus(Raffles, TS, 1822)
English (US) Malayan Night Heron
The Malayan Night Heron (Gorsachius melanolophus) 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 wooded wetlands of Western Ghats (southwestern India), eastern Nepal and northeastern India eastward through southeastern China and Taiwan to Philippines (scarce and local), also Peleng (Banggai Islands); partial migrant, reaching Sri Lanka and Greater SundasRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gorsachius melanolophus
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Malayan Night Heron
- Described by
- (Raffles, TS, 1822)
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Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Ardea melanolopha
- Described by
- (Raffles, TS, 1822)
- Type locality
- western Sumatra.
- Original description
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13, pt.2 p.326
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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