Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax· 鹭科(1 photos)
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Black-crowned Night Heron
58 - 65 cm. Adult grey overall, black cap and back, white head plumes, yellow legs. Juvenile upperparts greyish-brown with buffish streaks, underparts greyish-white with brown streaks; similar to but less rufous than juvenile Rufous Night-Heron.
- Habitat
- Wetlands, mangroves and crops.
- Range & Status
- Eurasia, Africa and the Americas. Very rare vagrant to Australia territory with records from Cocos (Keeling) Is and Ashmore Reef.
