Malayan Night Heron Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Gorsachius melanolophus
Family : Ardeidae
Order : Pelecaniformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Malay Bittern, Malay Night Heron, Tiger Bittern
Habitat : Evergreen forest
Description : The Malayan Night Heron is a barred wader with a large, layered and drooping crest (adult bird length approximately 51 cm, wing 27 cm, bill 4.6 cm, tarsus 7.3 cm, tail 10.5 cm). It has a chestnut upperpart barred with black. Its neck is rufous and its crown and bushy crest are black. It has golden-yellow irises, greenish-slaty orbital skin, fleshy-yellow bill. It feeds mainly on fish, frogs and aquatic invertebrates.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills
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Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters
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Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits
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Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas
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Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby
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Flamingo
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Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch
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Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths
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Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes
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Nightjars -
Barn-owls
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Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Bird Explorers(www.inaturalist.org/people/Bird Explorers),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Sayam U. Chowdhurymore information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Bird Explorers(www.inaturalist.org/people/Bird Explorers),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Sayam U. Chowdhurymore information, please contact us.