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Click here to see distribution map and to hear callsThe Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), more commonly known as Night Heron, is a medium sized heron in the family Ardeidae which is in the genus Nycticorax. It is the most widespread heron in the world but is absent from large parts of North Africa, Northern Eurasia and Australasia as well as the more northern and colder regions. There are four subspecies or races generally recognised. The northern populations are migratory and winter in the southern parts of the range. |
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Tuesday, 31 January 2017
BLACK CROWNED NIGHT HERON (Nycticorax nycticorax) Albufera Marsh, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
BLACK CROWNED NIGHT HERON [1st summer] (Nycticorax nycticorax) Palaiochora Harbour, Palaiochora, Crete, Greece
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The
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), more commonly known
as Night Heron, is a medium sized heron in the family Ardeidae which is
in the genus Nycticorax. It is the most widespread heron in the world
but is absent from large parts of North Africa, Northern Eurasia and
Australasia as well as the more northern and colder regions. There are
four subspecies or races generally recognised. The northern populations
are migratory and winter in the southern parts of the range.
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