BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON

864*            BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON               Nycticorax nycticorax  

USA            17

The black-crowned 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 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.

BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON

Subspecies nycticorax, March 2017

(*   864)               BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON                   Nycticorax nycticorax

SRI LANKA              93

found in marshes, mangroves, and other vegetation at edges of rivers, tanks and lagoons, and tree-covered islands. 58-65 cm. fairly common breeding resident throughout the lowlands up to the lower hills, occasionally in higher hills.

BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON

Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2017

(* 864)                 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON                   Nycticorax nycticorax

NEPAL              98

Found in ponds, lakes and tanks. 58-65 cm. Locally common summer visitor and resident.

BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON

Photographed on Cocos Islands December 2016

(see  864)             BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON             Nycticorax nycticorax

AUSTRALIA (Cocos Islands)            672

Found in marshes, swamps, rice paddies, mangroves. 58-65 cm. Found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia.

BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON

Photographed in central Bali October 2016

(864)              BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON                    Nycticorax nycticorax  

INDONESIA (Bali)         (85)        

Nocturnal and crepuscular; feeds in freshwater ponds and marshes. 61 cm. Worldwide except Australasia: part migratory; generally uncommon resident on Java, Sumatra, Bali, south Kalimantan and Sulawesi.