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| Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus melanolophus
- Adult |
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| Photographer : | © David Atkinson |
| Location : | Minrong Park, central Taipei, Taiwan |
| Date : |
13 November 2012 |
| English synonyms: | Malayan Night-Heron, Malay Night Heron, Malay Night-Heron, Malaysian Night Heron, Malaysian Night-Heron, Malay Bittern, Tiger Bittern, Malay Tiger Bittern, Tiger Night Heron, Tiger Night-Heron, Malaysian Pond Heron |
| Bird Family : | Ardeidae - Egrets, Herons & Bitterns |
| Bird Group : | CICONIIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
| Remarks : | Minrong Park is a very small enclave closely surrounded by buildings, about 200m N of Da'An Forest Park. This adult bird was very tame and had clearly suffered some traumatic injuries to both feet, as can be seen in some of the images. Nevertheless, these appeared to have been old injuries from which it had recovered, and it appeared to be otherwise in good condition; and it allowed me to get a number of quite good close-up shots. - DA |
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