BirdUp · Species
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax(Linnaeus, 1758)
Native
- Order
- PELECANIFORMES
- Family
- Ardeidae
- Genus
- Nycticorax
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The black-crowned night heron 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, with which it has hybridised in the area of contact.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Worldwide : except AU
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