night heron

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night heron

Any of several nocturnal or crepuscular herons of the genera Nycticorax, Nyctanassa, or Gorsachius, especially Nycticorax nycticorax, found almost worldwide.

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night heron

(Animals) any nocturnal heron of the genus Nycticorax and related genera, having short legs and neck, a heavy body, and a short heavy bill

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night′ her`on

any of several stocky herons that are most active at night.

[1775–85]

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Noun

night heron - nocturnal or crepuscular herons

night raven

heron - grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill

black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax - night heron of both Old and New Worlds

Nyctanassa violacea, yellow-crowned night heron - North American night heron

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gauda guaco martinete común

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kwak

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The attraction was a black crowned night heron, which is reasonably common in hot countries but rather scarce in Britain.

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Just after midnight this morning (June 10), around 26,000 households in New Taipei City lost power for 33 minutes after a Malayan night heron flew into nearby power lines.

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Species Date Cover type Wetland class Black-crowned night heron 27 April 2013 none 4 Black-crowned night heron 14 May 2014 none 4 Blue-winged teal 10 May 2014 none 3 Black-crowned night heron 22 May 2014 none 4 Blue-winged teal 21 May 2014 none 4 Painted turtle 22 April 2014 1 X 1 3 Painted turtle 21 April 2014 6 X 6 3 Species Mortality Study area Black-crowned night heron yes Tewaukon Black-crowned night heron yes Chase Lake Blue-winged teal yes Chase Lake Black-crowned night heron yes Devils Lake Blue-winged teal yes Devils Lake Painted turtle no (released) Tewaukon Painted turtle no (released) Tewaukon Table 3.

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Relocation of a large black-crowned night heron colony in southern California.

Reproductive success and habitat selection in black-crowned Night-Herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) in a City Park

ySTANBUL (CyHAN)- Forestry authorities in southwest China's Sichuan Province confirmed the sighting of a white-eared night heron, the most endangered of the heron species, which numbers less than 1,000 globally.