Japanese night heron

English

Noun

Japanese night heron (plural Japanese night herons)

1. An endangered species of night heron, Gorsachius goisagi, which breeds in Japan and winters in the Philippines and Indonesia, and can also be seen in the spring and summer in Korea and the Russian Far East.

Translations

Gorsachius goisagi

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 栗頭鳽／栗头𫛚 (lìtóuyán) (mainland), 麻鷺／麻鹭 (málù) (Taiwan)

• German: Rotscheitelreiher m
• Japanese: 溝五位 (ミゾゴイ, mizogoi)
• Korean: 붉은해오라기 (bulgeunhae'oragi)
• Russian: япо́нская ква́ква f (japónskaja kvákva), япо́нская выпь f (japónskaja vypʹ)