Nankeen Night Heron

Order - Pelecaniformes
Family - Ardeidae (Herons)

Nankeen Night Heron

Nycticorax caledonicus

棕夜鹭 (zōng yè lù)

    Malay : Pucung-Kuak Merah

    Japanese : ハシブトゴイ (hashi-buto goi)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 嘴太五位

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 31,600,000km²

    Migratory Status : Full Migrant

    Breeding Endemic : No

    Size : 55–65 cm; 550–1014 g; Wingspan 95–116 cm

    

    Subspecies (6) and Distribution

• Nycticorax caledonicus caledonicus (Gmelin, JF 1789)
  – New Caledonia.
• Nycticorax caledonicus crassirostris (Vigors, NA 1839)
  – Bonin Is.
• Nycticorax caledonicus manillensis (Vigors, NA 1831)
  – Philippines, Borneo, Java and Bali.
• Nycticorax caledonicus pelewensis (Mathews, GM 1926)
  – Palau and Caroline Is (Chuuk).
• Nycticorax caledonicus mandibularis (Ogilvie-Grant, WR 1888)
  – Bismarck Archipelago (except NW islands) to Solomon Is.
• Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae (Vieillot, LJP 1823)
  – Sulawesi, Moluccas, Lesser Sundas and Aru Is through W Papuan Is and lowland New Guinea (including Biak I) to NW Bismarck Archipelago (Ninigo Is to Admiralty Is) and Australia (except arid interior).
  
  Also New Zealand, where introduced (australasiae), but possibly also native.

Distribution Map

Nycticorax caledonicus ssp. manillensis
Date : 18 September 2022

Location : Kampung Sembulan, Kota Kinabalu, Daerah Kota Kinabalu,
Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah