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| Gorsachius goisagi |
(Temminck, 1835) |
Nycticorax goisagi |
Family: herons |
Order: Ciconiiformes |
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Japanese night-heron |
Bihoreau goisagi |
Martinete japonés |
Rotscheitelreiher |
| Migration: intracontinental |
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Some birds sedentary, but vast majority of population seems to migrate S in Sept/Oct, returning in early Apr.
Record of exceptionally early migrant on Palawan (Philippines) on 5 Aug; following year recovered in S Honshu
(Japan) on 28 Apr. Occasional records to N of breeding range on Hokkaido and Sado (N Japan), and also
Sakhalin (off SE USSR). Sometimes diurnal during migration. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J
(eds), 1992)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1992) - www.hbw.com,
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(A digitised version of this map is published in GIS shape format on the GROMS CD).
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| (Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel) |