Malayan night heron

English

Malayan Night Heron

Noun

Malayan night heron (plural Malayan night herons)

1. A medium-sized heron, Gorsachius melanolophus, distributed in southern and eastern Asia, and breeding in India, Taiwan, China, and the Philippines.

Synonyms

• (Gorsachius melanolophus): Malaysian night heron

Translations

Gorsachius melanolophus

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑冠鳽／黑冠𫛚 (hēiguānyán) (mainland), 黑冠麻鷺／黑冠麻鹭 (hēiguànmálù) (Taiwan)

• French: bihoreau malais m
• German: Wellenreiher m
• Japanese: 頭黒溝五位 (ズグロミゾゴイ, zuguromizogoi)
• Russian: тигро́вая выпь f (tigróvaja vypʹ)

References

• Malayan night heron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gorsachius melanolophus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Gorsachius melanolophus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons