The Avifauna of Micronesia, Its Origin, Evolution, and Distribution

by Rollin H. Baker

Gorsachius goisagi (Temminck)

Japanese Bittern

Nycticorax goisagi Temminck, Pl. Col., livr. 98, 1835, pl. 582. (Type locality, Japan.)

Gorsakius goisagi Hand-list Japanese Birds, rev., 1932, p. 184 (Koror); Hand-list Japanese Birds, 3d ed., 1942, p. 204 (Koror); Mayr, Birds Southwest Pacific, 1945, p. 302 (Palau).

Geographic range.—Eastern China, Japan, Riu Kius, Formosa, and Philippine Islands. In Micronesia: Palau Islands—Koror.

Remarks.—Gorsachius goisagi has been recorded from Koror in the Palau Islands. It may be classed as a rare migrant to western Micronesia.