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Black-crowned Night-Heron

Bihoreau gris

Nycticorax nycticorax

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  • Black-crowned Night-Heron
  • Black-crowned Night-Heron
  • Black-crowned Night-Heron
  • Black-crowned Night-Heron
  • Black-crowned Night-Heron

Life, Habitat & Pictures of the Black-crowned Night-Heron

B L W W W Family Latin Name
25" 63.5cm 44" 112cm 1.9lb 861.8g Ardeidae Nycticorax nycticorax

  • Breeding
  • Year Around
  • Winter
Black-crowned Night-Heron range

The Black-crowned Night Heron is a nocturnal wading bird. During the daylight hours, they can be found roosting in the marshes or perched on a limb of a tree, close to the water's edge. The adults are a bluish-gray, with a black cap and trailing head plumes. The juveniles are streaked with brown. It has been a migrant in Cuba.


Birds of Cuba