Profile
In flight
Cranes & Waders
Malayan Night Heron
Gorsachius melanolophus
- legendary
- 75 km/h
- Least Concern
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.
- Population
- moderate and likely under-recorded due to cryptic habits
- Habitat
- shaded forest streams, damp woodland, urban park groves in Taiwan
- Diet
- earthworms, large insects, snails, small frogs, lizards
- Size
- 0.49 m
- Wingspan
- 0.87 m
