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Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Sounds
- Recording by Thomas SIGNEAU (XC902456). CC-BY-SA · Source
Easily confused with
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
Green HeronButorides virescens
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Little HeronButorides atricapilla
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
Striated HeronButorides striata
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Malayan Night HeronGorsachius melanolophus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Michigan | 96,079 |
|---|---|
| United States | 91,765 |
| California | 47,756 |
| Virginia | 47,644 |
| Alaska | 28,723 |
| Georgia | 28,322 |
| Ohio | 28,290 |
| Oregon | 25,897 |
| Maine | 20,045 |
| Wisconsin | 19,874 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Behavioral
- CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Group and habits
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Rock nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting on rocks or cliffs.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Shrub nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in shrubs.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Ground nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting on the ground.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Platform nestingListed by a harvested source as building platform nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Brood-parasite hostListed by a harvested source as a host of brood parasites.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Pelicans, Herons, and Allies · Pelecaniformes |
| Family | Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae |
| Genus | Typical Night Herons · Nycticorax |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of Bogota Capital District, Colombia
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Centre Wellington, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Pennsylvania, United States
- Birds of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Black-crowned Night Heron with real photos from different observers and its recordings. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.