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 EN    Japanese Night-heron* Id (Atlas):
    Gorsachius goisagi

Description (10)
Image of Japanese Night-heron
 

Other Names (World)
Japanese Night-Heron, Japanese Bittern, Japanese Night Heron

Family
Ardeidae (Herons)

Size
49 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1835)

Derivation
Gorsachius - ?: goisagi - ?

Habitat
Dense, damp forest, in both its breeding and winter ranges. From sea-level - 2,400 m.

Range (Guide)
China (mainland) (P), Hong Kong (China) (P), Indonesia (NB), Japan (B), Philippines (NB), Russia (Asian) (NB), South Korea (NB), Taiwan (China) (B) (NB) (P).

Vagrant to Brunei Darussalam (NB), Palau (NB).

Breeds in southern Japan, on Honshu, Shikoku and possibly Kyushu; winters from Ryukyu Is, Volcano Is and south-eastern China to Philippines.
 
Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 2,499 (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
Deforestation in both its breeding and non-breeding ranges is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Crabs, snails, insects and spiders.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

 
Japanese Night Heron (Gorsachius goisagi) [XC661260]
     by Jungmoon Ha from Dongyin Vegetable Garden, Taiwan (sounds from flapping wings)

 
Japanese Night Heron (Gorsachius goisagi) [XC483075]
     by Sunny Tseng from Cheju, Jeju-do, South Korea (song)

Subspecies
May form superspecies with Malay Night-heron (Gorsachius melanolophus).

No subspecies.

Similar Species
Malay Night-heron (Gorsachius melanolophus) which has black cap and long crest.


References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9


Files:
JPG files for Japanese Night-heron (Gorsachius goisagi) - 10 files


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