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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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Foto
Photography ID: 661698
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
10/21/2025
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 659513
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
10/19/2025
Elsa Longo
Foto
Photography ID: 518174
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
11/10/2022
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 494172
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
05/04/2022
Adrian Braidotti
Foto
Photography ID: 369468
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
12/01/2019
Eugenia Boggiano
Foto
Photography ID: 313550
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
01/26/2019
Andrés Cecconi
Foto
Photography ID: 297813
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
03/16/2014
Gabriel Moresco
Foto
Photography ID: 296698
  Immature
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
03/22/2015
Gabriel Moresco



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
239575521/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional IguazúGuillermo Marcaida
238582619/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesPasarela a Garganta del Diablo, Parque Nacional IguazúElsa Longo
194795801/01/2024ArgentinaMisionesÁrea Cataratas, Parque Nacional IguazúDiego Carus
195961214/12/2023ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional Iguazú1Fabrizio García
192708621/11/2023ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional Iguazú2Diego Oscar
173798218/03/2023ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional Iguazú1Diego Oscar
170001311/12/2022ArgentinaMisionesPasarela inferior, Parque Nacional IguazúDiego Carus
169984411/12/2022ArgentinaMisionesPasarela inferior, Parque Nacional IguazúMaria Belén Dri
168895110/11/2022ArgentinaMisionesCircuito inferior, Parque Nacional IguazúJorge Schlemmer
159729016/05/2022ArgentinaMisionesPasarela a Garganta del Diablo, Parque Nacional Iguazú5Elsa Longo
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 12/04/2026.