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Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Audubon Illustration
John James Audubon, Birds of America (1827-1838). Public domain.
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About the Black-crowned Night Heron
The black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) or black-capped night heron, commonly shortened to just night heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, including parts of Europe, Asia, and North and South America. In Australasia it is replaced by the closely related Nankeen night heron (N. caledonicus), with which it has hybridised in the area of contact.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Nycticorax nycticorax
- Family
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
Similar species
Other members of the herons, egrets, and bitterns family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Agami Heron Agamia agami
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes
- Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Eastern Cattle-Egret Ardea coromanda
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
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