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

Bi Cheng Li; Ping Ping Jiang; Ping Ding

doi:10.1675/1524-4695(2007)30[301:FBOAAN]2.0.CO;2

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Bi Cheng Li,¹ Ping Ping Jiang,^1,2 Ping Ding^1,2,3

¹College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang Province, P.R. China
²State Conservation Center for Gene Resources of Endangered Wildlife, and Key Laboratory of Conservation Genetics and Reproductive Biology for Endangered Wild Animals of Ministry of Education, Hangzhou, P.R. China
³Corresponding author; dingping@zju.edu.cn

Abstract

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.

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Bi Cheng Li, Ping Ping Jiang, and Ping Ding "First Breeding Observations and a New Locality Record of White-eared Night-heron Gorsachius magnificus in Southeast China," Waterbirds 30(2), 301-304, (1 June 2007). https://doi.org/10.1675/1524-4695(2007)30[301:FBOAAN]2.0.CO;2

Received: 10 January 2007; Accepted: 1 March 2007; Published: 1 June 2007

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