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Malayan night heron

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

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A medium-sized heron, Gorsachius melanolophus, distributed in southern and eastern Asia, and breeding in India, Taiwan, China, and the Philippines.

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  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑冠鳽 /黑冠𫛚 (hēiguānyán) — Gorsachius melanolophus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑冠麻鷺 /黑冠麻鹭 (hēiguànmálù) — Gorsachius melanolophus
  • French: bihoreau malais — Gorsachius melanolophus
  • German: Wellenreiher — Gorsachius melanolophus
  • Japanese: 頭黒溝五位 (zuguromizogoi) — Gorsachius melanolophus
  • Russian: тигро́вая выпь (tigróvaja vypʹ) — Gorsachius melanolophus