Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Herons, Egrets and Bitterns :: Black-crowned Night-Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Black-crowned Night Heron, Black-crowned Night-heron, Night Heron
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Spring Grove Cemetary, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Jul 27, 2005 © William Hull  Spring Grove Cemetary, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Jul 27, 2005 © William Hull  Spring Grove Cemetary, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Jul 27, 2005 © William Hull  Spring Grove Cemetary, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Jul 27, 2005 © William Hull  near Poipu, Kauai Island, Hawaii, USA - Apr 12, 2005 © William Hull 
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Range

Cosmopolitan;
(1) C. and s. Europe (Portugal, Spain, France, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Austria, Italy, Hungary (Hortobagy National Park), Czechoslovakia (Senne, w. Slovakia), Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, s. Russia, n. to Ukraine), North Africa from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and ne. Egypt (Nile Valley) and Africa s. of the Sahara from s. Mauritania, Mali, Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, n. Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Niger, Central African Republic, se. Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia s. to Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo to nw. Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya (breeds regularly at Garsen), Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique and South Africa, Madagascar, Aldabra and Comores, e. in the Near East and Middle East in Israel (Hula Valley), Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Turkestan and Lake Balkhash, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and ec. China, n. to sw. Siberia and Japan n. to Honshu, s. to Indochina, Malaya, Thailand, Burma, Bangladesh, Taiwan, the Philippines possibly in Luzon, Hainan, Andaman Is., Nicobar Is., Sumatra (?), Borneo, Java, Bali, Sulawesi and Timor.
(2) North America, Central America and South America from s. Canada (ec. Alberta, c. Saskatchewan, s. Manitoba, s. Ontario, s. Quebec, ne. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia), United States (c. Washington, s. Idaho, c. Wyoming, nw. and c. Minnesota, c. Wisconsin, s. Michigan s. to s. states), West Indies (Bahamas and Greater Antilles) and Mexico s. in Brazil (Bahia) to n. Chile and n. Argentina.
(3) N. Chile and nc. Argentina s. to Tierra del Fuego.
(4) Falkland Is.
Also on the Galapagos and Hawaiian Is. from Niihau e. to Hawaii.
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North America n. of Mexican border
Summer: ec. ALB to se. SAS, sw. MAN, and se. ONT, s. QUE, NBR, e. WAS, ORG, CAL, s. IDH, NEV, UTH, ARZ, sw. WYO, w. COL, NMX, e. TEX, OKA, KAN, NEB, e. SDK, sw. ne. MON, sw. MIN, IWA, MOU, ARK, w. TEN, LOU, s. WIS, ILL, nw. KTY, IND, s. MIC, w. n. OHO, nw. e. PEN, w. e. NYK, MIS, s. ALA, s. GEO, FLA, e. SCA, e. NCA, e. VIR, e. MYD, DEL, NJY, CNT, RID, MAS, s. VMT, s. NHP, e. MAE;
Winter: se. ORG, CAL, s. NEV, ARZ, UTH, sw. COL, NMX, s. TEX, s. LOU, e. ARK, w. TEN, se. MOU, w. KTY, s. ILL, sw. IND, w. s. MIS, s. ALA, FLA, e. GEO, e. SCA, e. NCA, e. VIR, e. MYD, DEL, e. NJY, e. NYK, s. CNT, RID, se. MAS.

Videos

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Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Naturesongs.com
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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