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Black Crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Description:

The Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), commonly abbreviated to just Night Heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia (where it is replaced by the closely related Rufous Night Heron, with which it has hybridized in the area of contact).

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why do u keep saying that?
these photos are all mine

Matara, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Jan 5, 2013
Submitted on Jan 5, 2013

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