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Black Crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Photo by HemaShah
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

The scientific name, Nycticorax, means "night raven", and refers to this species' nocturnal habits and harsh crow-like call.

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Black-crowned Night Heron

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PublishedJuly 7, 2013

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