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Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Photo by Anthony8
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

I've never seen more dazzling red eyes!

Habitat:

Along a stream.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Anthony8
Thank you Ava! This is one of my favorite spottings in my collection!
Ava T-B
Lovely spotting of this beautiful bird. And he's a "name's-the-same" organism: Nycticorax nycticorax. Here's Karen's blog spot on scientific naming: http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/31338827536/lets-talk-scientific-classification

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PublishedMay 3, 2013

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