Japanese Night Heron

Gorsachius goisagi - Bihoreau goisagi

Bihoreau goisagi
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Pelecaniformes

  • Family
    :

    Ardéidés

  • Genus
    :

    Gorsachius

  • Species
    :

    goisagi

Descriptor

Temminck, 1836

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 49 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 87 cm.
  • Weight
    : 500 à 550 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Japanese Night Heron (Gorsachius goisagi) is a species of bird in the Ardeidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Bihoreau goisagi,
  • Martinete japonés,
  • goraz-japonês,
  • Rotscheitelreiher,
  • japán bakcsó,
  • Japanse Kwak,
  • Nitticora del Giappone,
  • japansk natthäger,
  • Japandverghegre,
  • chavkoš japonský,
  • kvakoš japonský,
  • Japansk Nathejre,
  • japaninhämyhaikara,
  • martinet de nit del Japó,
  • ślepowron japoński,
  • Japānas gārnis,
  • Японская кваква,
  • Kowak jepang,
  • ミゾゴイ,
  • 栗鳽,
  • japansk natthäger,
  • 日本麻鷺〔栗頭虎斑鳽〕,

Voice song and call

Habitat

Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

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