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Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Description:

Could anyone tell me what type of heron this is? Thanks.

2 Species ID Suggestions

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 12 years ago
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night Heron
AdamRiley
AdamRiley 12 years ago
Striated Heron
Butorides striata


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4 Comments

FoTony
FoTony 11 years ago

Nice capture! But I think it is a Butorides striata. See: http://www.africaimagelibrary.com/-/gall...

NickLombardi
NickLombardi 12 years ago

this is something else. Black crowns have noticeably red eyes. This could be a yellow crowned night heron

Jinki Afrika
Jinki Afrika 12 years ago

Thanks, Karen :)
@Ava: Thanks for the help. I still have a couple of herons here that need ID. Hope you could help me with them.

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Nice spot!

Jinki Afrika
Spotted by
Jinki Afrika

Arusha, Tanzania

Spotted on Feb 14, 2012
Submitted on Mar 2, 2012

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