Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Black-Crowned Night-Heron, Audubon Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Brownsville, Texas
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax photo

Black-Crowned Night Heron (Juvenile), Paradise Pond, Port Aransas, Texas
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON FACTS

Classification

Class:	Aves
Order:	Ciconiiformes
Family:	Ardeidae
Genus:	Nycticorax
Species:	nycticorax
Common Name:	Black-crowned Night-Heron

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