First Breeding Observations and a New Locality Record of White-eared Night-heron Gorsachius magnificus in Southeast China

White-eared Night-heron (Gorsachius magnificus) is the most threatened and geographically restricted of the herons. Its biology is essentially unknown. On 24 May 2004, six adults and four juveniles were found for the first time at Thousand Island Lake, Zhejiang Province, P. R. China. In all, six nes...

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Published in:Waterbirds (De Leon Springs, Fla.) Fla.), 2007-06, Vol.30 (2), p.301-304
Main Authors: Li, Bi Cheng, Jiang, Ping Ping, Ding, Ping
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bird nesting
Branches
Breeding
breeding performance
Breeding sites
Chicks
Eggs
Gorsachius
Gorsachius magnificus
Habitat conservation
new locality record
Species
Waterfowl
White-eared Night-heron
Wildlife conservation
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Summary:White-eared Night-heron (Gorsachius magnificus) is the most threatened and geographically restricted of the herons. Its biology is essentially unknown. On 24 May 2004, six adults and four juveniles were found for the first time at Thousand Island Lake, Zhejiang Province, P. R. China. In all, six nests and sixteen eggs were found over three years. Thirteen nestlings survived to fledging from seven breeding pairs. These numbers are the largest ever documented for the species. Our observations of breeding performance serve as an important baseline for future research on this species.
ISSN:1524-4695
1938-5390
DOI:10.1675/1524-4695(2007)30[301:FBOAAN]2.0.CO;2