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- Gorsachius melanolophus
Identification
49cm
- Dark reddish-brown and black heron
- Olive feet and bill
Distribution
Patchy range in India and South-East Asia.
Breeds in two separate areas of India, in the Western Ghats from Belgaum southwards in south-west India and in the north-east in Assam and Manipur. Also breeds in scattered areas of Burma, Thailand, Indochina, China (including Hong Kong and Hainan) and further south in Malaya, the Nicobar Islands, eastern Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Philippines. In Japan on Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, perhaps also the Ryukyu Islands.
South-west Indian birds winter in the highlands of Sri Lanka and arrive October-November and those from north-east India move south-west into Burma and Thailand in August-October.
Post-breeding has taken birds to Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands. Remainder of populations may be more sedentary but currently little-known.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Streams in dense hill forest.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Malayan Night Heron. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Malayan_Night_Heron
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