Order
Pelecaniformes
Family
Ardeidae
Genus
Nycticorax
 
Birds of North America
Version  2.0
This is a historic version of this account.   Current version
 - Black-crowned Night Heron
 - Black-crowned Night Heron (American)
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Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax

Roger L. Hothem, Brianne E. Brussee, and William E. Davis Jr.
Version: 2.0 — Published June 28, 2010

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Figure 1. Range of the Black-crowned Night-Heron in North America. - Range Map
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  • Year-round
  • Migration
  • Breeding
  • Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Range of the Black-crowned Night-Heron in North America.

This species also breeds locally in the West Indies. See text for details and for distribution world-wide.

Recommended Citation

Hothem, R. L., B. E. Brussee, and W. E. Davis Jr. (2010). Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.74
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