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Malayan Night Heron
Gorsachius melanolophus · Family Ardeidae
Gorsachius melanolophus
Family Ardeidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Ardeidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 89,225
- Countries and territories with records
- 26
About this species
This species has 89,225 occurrence records from 26 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Taiwan accounts for 96.1% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Taiwan, this species accounts for 0.41% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Gorsachius melanolophus combines the genus name Gorsachius with the species epithet melanolophus. The Warbla app catalog lists one other species of the genus Gorsachius: Gorsachius goisagi.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 48 species of the family Ardeidae. This species ranks 31st among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ardea herodias. Its record count is 6.4% of the family average (1,400,081). The family Ardeidae belongs to the order Pelecaniformes, which has 92 species in the Warbla app catalog.