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Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax
(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
Garza Bruja
Socó-dorminhoco
Family: Ardeidae
Order: Pelecaniformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Ardea nycticorax.

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Latest feeding records
Feeding
GroupSpeciesDateUser
FishAnguila  (Synbranchus marmoratus)06/12/2020Diego Oscar
FishAnguila  (Synbranchus marmoratus)31/10/2020María Alejandra Sosa
CrustaceanAegla sp.04/04/2020Nicolas Olejnik
FishVieja del Agua (Hypostomus boulengeri)15/02/2020Silvia Sokolovsky



Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 598401
  Juvenile
Machagai
Chaco
Argentina
01/11/2020
Mauro Méndez Renedo
Foto
Photography ID: 598400
  Adult
Machagai
Chaco
Argentina
01/11/2020
Mauro Méndez Renedo
Foto
Photography ID: 593308
  Adult
Bialet Masse
Córdoba
Argentina
11/14/2020
Adrian Braidotti
Foto
Photography ID: 477525
  Adult
Embalse de Río Tercero
Córdoba
Argentina
11/24/2020
Marcelo A Carranza
Foto
Photography ID: 445779
  Adult
General Pico
La Pampa
Argentina
09/02/2020
Hugo Alberto Valderrey
Foto
Photography ID: 443412
  Juvenile
Parque Rivera
Montevideo
Uruguay
09/10/2020
Guillermo Menéndez
Foto
Photography ID: 431228
  Juvenile
Villa La Bolsa
Córdoba
Argentina
12/27/2020
Luis Carlos De Volder
Foto
Photography ID: 427658
  Adult
Las Mojarras
Córdoba
Argentina
12/31/2020
Jorge Schlemmer



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Last Filmings published


Video ID: 4408
  Adult
Trelew
Chubut
Argentina
09/01/2020
Zulima América Schupbach



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
134428831/12/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresCanal Pereyra, Parque Pereyra Iraola1Facundo Irazoqui
134309531/12/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresPedro Luro, Partido de VillarinoHernán Tolosa
134258931/12/2020ArgentinaCórdobaPuente Las Mojarras Dpto Gral San Martin, Las MojarrasJorge Schlemmer
134105031/12/2020ArgentinaCórdobaCosta lago Los Molinos, lago los molinosGalileo Geeraert
133902231/12/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresLos Carpinchos, LoberíaSusana Gomez
134258229/12/2020ArgentinaRío NegroÁrea Natural Protegida Bahía de San AntonioHernán Tolosa
135985027/12/2020ArgentinaCórdobaVilla La BolsaLuis Carlos De Volder
134325627/12/2020ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas2Daniela Espinosa
133802827/12/2020ArgentinaCórdobaPuente Las Mojarras Dpto Gral San Martin, Las Mojarras2Hugo Caverzasi
133753627/12/2020ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas2Marian Wigdorovitz
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.