Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Bulgarian | Малайска нощна чапла |
Chinese | 黑冠麻鷺 |
Chinese (SIM) | 黑冠鳽 |
Czech | kvakoš indomalajský |
Dutch | Indische Kwak |
English | Malayan Night Heron |
English (United States) | Malayan Night Heron |
Finnish | etelänhämyhaikara |
French | Bihoreau malais |
French (France) | Bihoreau malais |
German | Wellenreiher |
Indonesian | Kowak melayu |
Japanese | ズグロミゾゴイ |
Korean | 푸른눈테해오라기 |
Malayalam | കാട്ടുകൊക്ക് |
Norwegian | duskdverghegre |
Polish | ślepowron orientalny |
Russian | Чернохохлая кваква |
Serbian | Malajski gak |
Slovak | chavkoš čiernohrivý |
Spanish | Martinete Malayo |
Spanish (Spain) | Martinete malayo |
Swedish | malajnatthäger |
Thai | นกยางลายเสือ |
Turkish | Malay Gece Balıkçılı |
Ukrainian | Квак малазійський |
Gorsachius melanolophus (Raffles, 1822)
PROTONYM:
Ardea melanolopha
Raffles, 1822. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1), 13, p.326.
TYPE LOCALITY:
western Sumatra.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GORSACHIUS
- melanolophus
- Melanolophus
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Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus Scientific name definitions
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 30, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 30, 2015
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
Authors
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Martínez-Vilalta, A., A. Motis, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Malayan Night Heron (Gorsachius melanolophus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.manher1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 30, 2015
- Malay Night-heron Gorsachius melanolophus
Authors
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Martínez-Vilalta, A., A. Motis, and G. M. Kirwan (2015). Malay Night-heron (Gorsachius melanolophus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.