Jenjang dan burung perancah (Cranes & Waders)
Malayan Night Heron
Gorsachius melanolophus
- legendaris
- 75 km/h
- Risiko rendah
A stocky forest heron that hunts earthworms like it has all the time in the world. In Taipei's parks it has become an oddly tame ghost in chestnut and shadow.
- Populasi
- moderate and likely under-recorded due to cryptic habits
- Habitat
- Dense, undisturbed evergreen and secondary forest, forest streams, swamps, mangroves, and wooded marshes, typically near water; largely nocturnal and secretive, roosting in thick cover by day.
- Fakta menarik
- The Malayan Night Heron is also known as the "tiger bittern," a nickname earned from its cryptic, boldly patterned plumage that camouflages it on the shaded forest floor.
- Sebaran
- Patchily distributed from India (Western Ghats, Assam) and Sri Lanka east through Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands (Japan), the Philippines, and Malaysia/Indonesia/Singapore; northern populations are migratory, southern populations largely resident; vagrant to Palau, Korea, and Australia.
- Makanan
- Opportunistic carnivore taking earthworms, frogs, fish, small reptiles, snails, crabs, insects, and other invertebrates, foraging alone at dusk/night or in shaded forest cover.
- Ukuran
- 0,48 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,86 m
- Masa hidup
- 4,6 tahun
