Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
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 Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America. In Australasia it is replaced by the closely related Nankeen night heron, with which it has hybridised in the area of contact.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Ardeidae
- Genus
- Nycticorax