Title

Malayan malayan night heron

Caption

Malayan malayan night heron (Gorsachius melanolophus) Adult male in breeding plumage eating earthworms, New Territories, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Date

Nov 06, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/John Holmes

Reference

BRK22F31_116

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (18,0Mb) / 17,7in x 11,8in / 5315 x 3546 (300dpi)

Keywords

Annelid Annelida Annelids Ardeidae Aves Bird Birds Black crowned night heron Black crowned night herons Black-crowned night heron China Chinese Ciconiiformes Earthworm Earthworms East Asia Gorsachius Gorsachius melanolophus Heron Herons Hong Kong Lumbricidae Malayan night heron Malaysian night heron Night Herons No People Nycticoracinae Nycticorax nycticorax Pelecaniformes People's Republic of China Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong adult adult animal adult animals alternate plumage animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild behavior behaviour bird photography breeding dress breeding plumage breeding season breeding time deserted eat empty fauna feed feeding forage foraging habitat herons hunt hunting ingestion male male animal male animals males mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time mature matures natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody nuptial plumage out outdoor outdoors outside rutting season search for food searching for food social behavior social behaviour social behaviours tiger bittern uninhabited wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography worm worms Asia animal feed animal feeds aquatic bird water bird water birds waterfowl