- Gorsachius melanolophus
Description
Location: Chaiyi,Taiwan
Identification
Malayan Night Heron
RANGE : 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 and Indochina and on 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. HABITAT Streams in dense hill forest.
sighted in downtown Taichung City, TAIWAN May 2006
I spotted this bird on the roof of Feng Chia University some days ago (early May 2006). It sat there before nightfall and called with interrruptions (something like: boo boo). I could get as close as about 3 meters. It saw me but was not afraid. I imitated its call and it seemed to respond. After a while it flew over to the rooftop of the opposite building. So it seemes to have it's habitat in the inner cities, at least here in Taiwan.
Originally posted by anmading
