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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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Records from Mato Grosso

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Ardea nycticorax.

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Photography ID: 653378
  Adult
Transpantaneira
Mato Grosso
Brazil
09/11/2025
Manuel Godoy
Foto
Photography ID: 499996
  Adult
Porto Jofre
Mato Grosso
Brazil
05/31/2022
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 499914
  Adult
Porto Jofre
Mato Grosso
Brazil
05/30/2022
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 217169
  Adult
Pantanal
Mato Grosso
Brazil
08/24/2017
Susana Gomez
Foto
Photography ID: 192633
  Adult
Cuiabá
Mato Grosso
Brazil
10/16/2016
Wagner Florentino
Foto
Photography ID: 192632
  Adult
Cuiabá
Mato Grosso
Brazil
10/16/2016
Wagner Florentino



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
236768411/09/2025BrazilMato GrossoTranspantaneiraManuel Godoy
234522319/08/2025BrazilMato GrossoRio São Lourenço desde Porto Jofre, PantanalNicolas Olejnik
234392918/08/2025BrazilMato GrossoRio São Lourenço desde Porto Jofre, PantanalNicolas Olejnik
234333917/08/2025BrazilMato GrossoRio Claro, PantanalNicolas Olejnik
234292216/08/2025BrazilMato GrossoPouso Alegre, PantanalNicolas Olejnik
230588916/06/2025BrazilMato GrossoPousada Piuval, PantanalNicolas Olejnik
230567215/06/2025BrazilMato GrossoPousada Piuval, PantanalNicolas Olejnik
230470613/06/2025BrazilMato GrossoRio São Lourenço desde Porto Jofre, PantanalNicolas Olejnik
230387711/06/2025BrazilMato GrossoPouso Alegre, PantanalNicolas Olejnik
230395810/06/2025BrazilMato GrossoTranspantaneira, PantanalNicolas Olejnik
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 15/04/2026.