Malayan Night Heron
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Malayan Night Heron | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||||||||||||
| Conservation status | ||||||||||||||
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
| Binomial name | ||||||||||||||
| Gorsachius melanolophus Raffles, 1822 |
The Malayan Night Heron, Gorsachius melanolophus, also known as Malaysian Night Heron, is a medium-sized heron. It is distributed in south, east and southeast Asia, breeding in India, China and the Philippines.
The Malayan Night Heron stands about 47cm tall. It is nocturnal and is found in forests. Adults have black crowns, reddish-brown faces and necks, dark reddish-brown underparts with fine streaks, and black wings. The juvenile is greyish-brown with black and white spots, and its underparts are streaked.
Widespread throughout its large range, the Malayan Night Heron is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Gorsachius melanolophus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 26 November 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
[edit] External links
Categories: Least Concern species | Gorsachius | Herons | Birds of Asia | Birds of Southeast Asia | Birds of Bangladesh | Birds of Brunei | Birds of Cambodia | Birds of China | Birds of India | Birds of Indonesia | Birds of Japan | Birds of Laos | Birds of Malaysia | Birds of Burma | Birds of Nepal | Birds of Pakistan | Birds of the Philippines | Birds of Singapore | Birds of Sri Lanka | Birds of Taiwan | Birds of Thailand | Birds of Vietnam
