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The Malayan night heron (Gorsachius melanolophus) belongs to the family of egrets and herons, the Ardeidae under the order Pelecaniformes.
Malayan night heron taxonomy
The Ardeidae is the family of herons. The family Ardeidae was first described by William Elford Leach, MD, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836), an English zoologist and marine biologist, in the year 1820.The family Ardeidae comprises three subfamilies, viz., Tigriornithinae, Botaurinae and Ardeinae. The subfamily Ardeinae contains eleven extant genera, including Gorsachius.
The genus Gorsachius (Asian and African night herons) was first introduced by Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte (24 May 1803 – 29 July 1857), a French biologist and ornithologist, in the year 1855.
The genus Gorsachius comprises four extant heron species, viz., Gorsachius leuconotus, Gorsachius magnificus, Gorsachius goisagi and Gorsachius melanolophus. The G. melanolophus heron species is polytypic.
This heron species was first described by Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles, FRS (6 July 1781 – 5 July 1826), a British naturalist, in the year 1822.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Gorsachius melanolophus |
| Species: | G. melanolophus |
| Genus: | Gorsachius |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Ardeidae |
| Order: | Pelecaniformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Malayan night heron - Gorsachius melanolophus Image by Francesco Veronesi |
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| 2.Malayan night heron - Gorsachius melanolophus Image by Felis domestica |
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| 3.Malayan night heron - Gorsachius melanolophus Image by Dr. Raju Kasambe |
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| 4.Malayan night heron - Gorsachius melanolophus Image by 林高志 |
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| 5.Malayan night heron - Gorsachius melanolophus Image by Mayukhghose |
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| 6.Malayan night heron - Gorsachius melanolophus Image by Dr. Raju Kasambe |
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| 7.Malayan night heron - Gorsachius melanolophus Image by Gulumeemee |
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| 8.Malayan night heron - Gorsachius melanolophus Image by Lei HeJun |
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| 9.Malayan night heron - Gorsachius melanolophus Image by Charles Lam |
1.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/francesco_veronesi/17320173361/ (cropped)
Author: Francesco Veronesi | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 9/3/18
2.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gorsachius_melanolophus.jpg (cropped)
Author: Felis domestica | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 9/3/18
3.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malayan_Night_Heron_(Gorsachius_melanolophus)_in_a_city_Garden,_Taipei_City,_Taiwan.jpg (cropped)
Author: Dr. Raju Kasambe | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 9/3/18
4.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:55594021_Yongfu_Bridge,_Taipei_City_%2BID_2411215%2B002_0005.jpg (cropped)
Author: 林高志 | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 9/3/18
5.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Mayukhghose | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 9/3/18
6.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Dr. Raju Kasambe | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 9/3/18
7.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org (cropped)
Author: Gulumeemee | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 9/3/18
8.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Lei HeJun | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 9/3/18
9.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kclama/7373818226/ (cropped)
Author: Charles Lam | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 9/3/18
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