Malayan Night Heron （Gorsachius melanolophus）
From the English name " Malayan Night Heron " we can surmise they are mainly distributed in Malaysia and the Indo-China peninsula, but now those areas are not easy to see ( seems very diffcult )
In Taiwan, there are few fixed groups in central and southern hill area. Twenty or three years ago, the Malayan Night Heron in Taiwan, the amount of rare groups, in the bird guide book is belong "rare resident" level . And their activities almost under forest in the hill , is not easy to observe.
But We do not know why, more than a decade, the Malayan Night Heron's population gradually to the north expansion, and seems to have begun to adapt to the city environment, so in the major campuses, botanical gardens, parks and other urban green places are also more common. The original rare birds, now is the major birds on the lawn of the parks.
Breeding period of 3 to 9 months, during the courtship male will be standing on the tree , issued a monotonous low-frequency " woo - woo -" call , in the evening, and before dawnNesting generally takes 7 to 9 days, the fastest 4 days to complete. Mating behavior occurs in the nest, usually before dawn, spawning time for the morning, spawning interval of 2 days, a nest of eggs 2 to 6, incubation period of about 28 to 32 days
In the single reproductive season, this species usually has the continuous second nest ( sometimes also see the subadult feathers individual and adult feather individual paired, spawning, brooding. It is incredible , but really interesting )
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