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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: 381970
  Adult
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
01/21/2020
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 251770
  Adult
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
12/23/2017
Martina Wendeler
Foto
Photography ID: 246745
  Adult
Ilha Grande
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
02/02/2018
Andres Espindola
Foto
Photography ID: 185594
  Adult
Ilha Grande
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
01/12/2017
Facundo Quintela
Foto
Photography ID: 185567
  Juvenile
Ilha Grande
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
01/10/2017
Facundo Quintela
Foto
Photography ID: 133633
  Juvenile
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
01/14/2016
Sebastián Martín Santiago
Foto
Photography ID: 114179
  Adult
Paraty
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
09/13/2015
Julián Tocce
Foto
Photography ID: 114122
  Adult
Paraty
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
09/13/2015
Alicia Miller
Foto
Photography ID: 102304
♂ ♀  Adult
Buzios
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
06/05/2015
Manuel Godoy
Foto
Photography ID: 99845
  Juvenile
Angra dos Reis
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
03/09/2015
Martin Ferrari



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
241916721/01/202615:22BrazilRio de JaneiroAvenida Caetés 29Silvina Collado
232065313/07/2025BrazilRio de JaneiroDormitório das Garças, Cabo Frio10Faustino Hollmann
232057408/07/2025BrazilRio de JaneiroPraia dos Anjos, Arraial do cabo1Faustino Hollmann
174087231/03/2023BrazilRio de JaneiroRua Amâncio Felicio de Souza 120 (-23,141655, -44,169833)1Silvina Collado
119260021/01/2020BrazilRio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro3José Luis Ianiro
115360701/12/2019BrazilRio de JaneiroParaty mirim, Paraty2Dario Juan Wendeler
114943926/11/2019BrazilRio de JaneiroVilla de abrao y alrededores, Ilha Grande1Dario Juan Wendeler
92530829/12/2018BrazilRio de JaneiroParaty2Martina Wendeler
69457103/02/2018BrazilRio de JaneiroAngra dos Reis2Andres Espindola
69206402/02/2018BrazilRio de JaneiroPraia Vermelha, Ilha Grande2Andres Espindola
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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.