Japanese Night Heron Gorsachius goisagi Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (27)
- Monotypic
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 17, 2018
Text last updated March 17, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Японска нощна чапла |
| Catalan | martinet de nit del Japó |
| Chinese | 麻鷺 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 栗鳽 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 栗鳽 |
| Czech | kvakoš japonský |
| Dutch | Japanse Kwak |
| English | Japanese Night Heron |
| English (United States) | Japanese Night Heron |
| Finnish | japaninhämyhaikara |
| French | Bihoreau goisagi |
| French (France) | Bihoreau goisagi |
| German | Rotscheitelreiher |
| Icelandic | Rökkurhegri |
| Indonesian | Kowak jepang |
| Japanese | ミゾゴイ |
| Korean | 붉은해오라기 |
| Norwegian | japandverghegre |
| Polish | ślepowron japoński |
| Russian | Японская кваква |
| Serbian | Japanski gak |
| Slovak | chavkoš japonský |
| Spanish | Martinete Japonés |
| Spanish (Spain) | Martinete japonés |
| Swedish | japansk natthäger |
| Turkish | Japon Gece Balıkçılı |
| Ukrainian | Квак японський |
Gorsachius goisagi (Temminck, 1836)
PROTONYM:
Nycticorax goisagi
Temminck, 1836. Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.98, pl.582,text.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Japan.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GORSACHIUS
- goisagi
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Japanese Night Heron
