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Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Photo by Jinki Afrika
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Description:

Could anyone tell me what type of heron this is? Thanks.

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Black-crowned Night Heron

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Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

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Ava T-B
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Striated Heron

Butorides striata
AdamRiley
3

Comments (4)
Antoine Verfaille
Nice capture! But I think it is a Butorides striata. See: http://www.africaimagelibrary.com/-/galleries/southern-africa/south-africa/-/medias/b4483fd8-30f6-11e0-97e2-3f8a6ddbe26b-green-backed-heron-butorides-striata-pilanesberg-game-reserve
NickLombardi
this is something else. Black crowns have noticeably red eyes. This could be a yellow crowned night heron
Jinki Afrika
Thanks, Karen :) @Ava: Thanks for the help. I still have a couple of herons here that need ID. Hope you could help me with them.

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