Malayan Night-Heron 黑冠鳽

Order : Pelecaniformes 鹳形目

Family : Ardeidae 鹭科
Genus : Gorsachius 夜鳽属

Binomial name : Gorsachius melanolophus

Malayan Night-Heron
黑冠鳽

Size: 48~51cm

Habitat: Swampy areas and streams in broadleaved evergreen and mixed deciduous forest, freshwater swamp forest, secondary forest, bamboo. Up to 1600m.

Status: Migrant
Alternate name: Malaysian Night Heron

别名: 黑冠麻鹭
lifer: Dec2016 . Gunung Nuang @ Selangor

Malayan Night-Heron (juv.)

lifer Dec2016 . Gunung Nuang @ Selangor

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Malayan Night-Heron (juv.)
20200117 . Perdana Botanical Garden @ Kuala Lumpur

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Malayan Night-Heron (moulting to adult?)

20220417 . Gunung Arong @ Johor