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Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax

Photo by pamsai
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Field Notes

Description:

The Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), commonly abbreviated to just Night Heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions.

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Black-crowned Night Heron

Species ID Suggestions

Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

NuwanChathuranga
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Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax

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Liam
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Comments (1)
pamsai
thanks Nuwan for the ID and to Liam for narrowing down the ID...

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The Biodiversity of Northern India
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2012

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