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Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

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Ava T-B
One of the great things about Night Herons is that their Genus and species names are the same, and fun to say out loud: Nycticorax nycticorax!
Arun
Nice spotting

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Birds of the World
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Tamil Nadu Biodiversity
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Birds of South India
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PublishedMarch 23, 2012

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