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.
Nycticorax caledonicus Sydney Olympic Park
N. c. australasiae immature
Adult at Fremantle Harbour
Adult in flight in Palau
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
Nankeen night heron
…The nankeen night heron is now placed in the genus Nycticorax that was introduced in 1817 by the English naturalist Thomas Forster to accommodate the black-crowned night heron. The epithet nycticorax is from Ancient Greek and combines nux, nuktos meaning "night" and korax meaning "raven". The word was used by authors such as…
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At nest
Adult black-crowned night heron of subspecies N. n. obscurus showing grey plumage
Juvenile in an "upright" threat display