---
title: "Indische kwak"
description: "Gorsachius melanolophus — Vogels. The Malayan night heron (Gorsachius melanolophus), also known as Malaysian night heron and tiger bittern, is a medium-sized heron."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/malayan-night-heron
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Indische kwak

> Gorsachius melanolophus — Vogels. The Malayan night heron (Gorsachius melanolophus), also known as Malaysian night heron and tiger bittern, is a medium-sized heron.

- Scientific name: *Gorsachius melanolophus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 17316
- Wikidata: [Q764171](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q764171)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5043](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5043)

## Names

- en: Malayan Night Heron
- de: Wellenreiher
- es: Garza nocturna tigresa
- fr: Bihoreau malais
- nl: Indische kwak
- pt: Savacu-malaio
- pl: Bąkowron orientalny

## Countries with the most observations

TW (16365), TH (155), SG (76), JP (62), CN (36), MY (33), IN (32), HK (24), ID (17), PH (15), VN (14), MO (9)

## Summary

The Malayan night heron (Gorsachius melanolophus), also known as Malaysian night heron and tiger bittern, is a medium-sized heron. It is distributed in southern and eastern Asia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayan_night_heron

## Photo

![Indische kwak](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/malayan-night-heron/medium.jpg)

Photo: 葉子 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5043

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/malayan-night-heron?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).