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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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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 678715
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
03/11/2026
Edgar Romeo
Foto
Photography ID: 627317
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
03/20/2025
Camila Reinoso
Foto
Photography ID: 614159
  Juvenile
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
11/09/2024
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 614157
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
11/09/2024
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 537045
  Immature
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
02/17/2017
Manuel Godoy
Foto
Photography ID: 533456
  Juvenile
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
04/28/2023
Susana Gomez
Foto
Photography ID: 524504
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
01/29/2011
Ramon Moller Jensen
Foto
Photography ID: 496560
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
12/17/2021
Alejandra Piro
Foto
Photography ID: 479121
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
12/24/2021
Max Uranga
Foto
Photography ID: 390701
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
03/15/2020
Maria Victoria Di Stasio
Foto
Photography ID: 387009
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
01/16/2020
Gustavo Daniel González



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
244940311/03/2026ArgentinaTierra del FuegoPuerto Almanza, UshuaiaEdgar Romeo
239646107/12/202516:24ArgentinaTierra del FuegoAvenida Maipú 730, Ushuaia1Gustavo Fernando Durán
231526905/07/202512:56ArgentinaTierra del FuegoDesembocadura del río Pipo, Ushuaia41Sabrina Godoy
227188707/04/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoCosta entre Bahía Golondrina y Desembocadura Río Pipo, Ushuaia1Faustino Hollmann
227186507/04/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoBahía Golondrina, Ushuaia1Faustino Hollmann
227182807/04/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoUshuaia--Puerto Turístico, Ushuaia1Faustino Hollmann
227165104/04/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoPN Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia1Faustino Hollmann
227162103/04/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoPN Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia1Faustino Hollmann
227134601/04/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoReserva Natural Urbana Bahía Encerrada, Ushuaia5Faustino Hollmann
226426120/03/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoBahia Encerrada, UshuaiaCamila Reinoso
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 29/03/2026.