Black-crowned night heron
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The black-crowned night heron or black-capped night heron, commonly shortened to just night heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, including parts of Eur
Nycticorax nycticorax 457953189
At nest
Adult black-crowned night heron of subspecies N. n. obscurus showing grey plumage
Juvenile in an "upright" threat display
Nankeen night heron
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The nankeen night heron is a heron that belongs to the genus Nycticorax and the family Ardeidae. Due to its distinctive reddish-brown colour, it is also commonly referred to as the rufous night heron.
Black-crowned night heron
…throughout a large part of the world, including parts of Europe, Asia, and North and South America. In Australasia it is replaced by the closely related Nankeen night heron (N. caledonicus), with which it has hybridised in the area of contact. The black-crowned night heron was formally described by the Swedish naturalist…
Nycticorax caledonicus Sydney Olympic Park
N. c. australasiae immature
Adult at Fremantle Harbour
Adult in flight in Palau