Malayan Night Heron (Gorsachius melanolophus)
About the Malayan Night Heron
The Malayan night heron (Gorsachius melanolophus), also known as Malaysian night heron and tiger bittern, is a medium-sized heron. It is distributed in southern and eastern Asia. The Malayan night heron has been found in India, Sri Lanka, Brunei, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan. It is a vagrant in Palau and Korea. Its range size is estimated at 1,240,000 km2. One roadkilled bird was discovered on Christmas Island, Australia where it is likely a vagrant. This bird occurs in forests, streams, and marshes. In Japan, population densities of the herons increased as undisturbed forest cover on islands increased.
A real field recording of the Malayan Night Heron. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in China, India, Japan, Taiwan (China), Thailand · xeno-canto lists 43 recordings for this species in total.
Similar species
- Japanese Night HeronGorsachius goisagiprofile
- White-backed Night HeronGorsachius leuconotusprofile
- White-eared Night HeronGorsachius magnificusprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.