Malayan night heron

Weight

412.3 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Wingspan

86.5 cmsrc for Wingspan

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Omnivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

wetlandsrc for Habitat

Young per litter or clutch

3.5 – 3.9src for Young per litter or clutch

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Partialsrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The malayan night heron is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPelecaniformes
5. familyArdeidae
6. genusGorsachius
7. SpeciesGorsachius melanolophus (Raffles, 1822)

Synonyms Ardea melanolopha, Butio kutteri, Gorsachius melanolophus melanolophus, Gorsachius melanolophus minor, Gorsachius melanolophus rufolineatus, Gorsachius melanophus melanophus, Lymnophylax marmorata, Nycticorax limnophilax, Nycticorax melanolophus

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VU, Vulnerable

Japanese night heron

Gorsachius goisagi

Ardeidae

CompareMalayan night heron vs Japanese night heron

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@misc{malayan_night_heron_2026,
  title = {Malayan night heron (Gorsachius melanolophus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/malayan-night-heron},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}