#1462 · 🐦 birds

Malayan Night Heron

🇳🇱 Indische Kwak ·Gorsachius melanolophus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The Malayan night heron ( Gorsachius melanolophus ), also known as Malaysian night heron and tiger bittern , is a medium-sized heron. It is distributed in southern and eastern Asia.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 17,698iNaturalist observations
weight 415 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
17,698 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 415 g.
Scientifically named by Thomas Stamford Raffles in 1822 (204 years ago).