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Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Spotting Image 1

Notes:

Spotted in Kandy Lake, Sri Lanka

1 Species ID Suggestions

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auntnance123
auntnance123 11 years ago
black crowned night heron, breeding coloring
Nycticorax nycticorax hoactii


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9 Comments

MarkFrazier
MarkFrazier 11 years ago

Beautiful

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Lovely, fantastic capture!!

AvishekPurkayastha
AvishekPurkayastha 11 years ago

Thanks Nuwan... I will surely add to this mission...

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

Wow! great shot Avishek please consider adding this to Biodiversity of Sri Lanka mission @ http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8953...
thank you

AvishekPurkayastha
AvishekPurkayastha 11 years ago

Thanks Ava... :-)

AvishekPurkayastha
AvishekPurkayastha 11 years ago

Thanks Jellis...

AvishekPurkayastha
AvishekPurkayastha 11 years ago

Thanks Mike for IDing this for me...

Jellis
Jellis 11 years ago

Black-crowned night heron. 'Auku'u. Nycticorax nycticorax hoactii

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Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

What a beauty!

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AvishekPurkayastha
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AvishekPurkayastha

Kandy, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Mar 1, 2012
Submitted on Jul 1, 2012

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