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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: 570855
  Adult
Olavarría
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/18/2024
Daniel Acosta
Foto
Photography ID: 473755
  Adult
Colonia Carlos Pellegrini
Corrientes
Argentina
11/30/2021
Daniel Acosta
Foto
Photography ID: 162355
  Adult
Olavarría
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/13/2016
Daniel Acosta
Foto
Photography ID: 117070
  Adult
Olavarría
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/03/2015
Daniel Acosta
Foto
Photography ID: 64920
  Adult
Olavarría
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/12/2014
Daniel Acosta
Foto
Photography ID: 39094
  Adult
Laguna Iberá
Corrientes
Argentina
02/01/2014
Daniel Acosta
Foto
Photography ID: 30047
  Immature
Olavarría
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/01/2013
Daniel Acosta



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
213063118/02/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresPartido de Olavarría, OlavarríaDaniel Acosta
150927730/11/2021ArgentinaCorrientesColonia Carlos Pellegrini, Colonia Carlos PellegriniDaniel Acosta
118466531/01/2020ArgentinaChubutÁrea Natural Protegida Península ValdésDaniel Acosta
46377413/08/2016ArgentinaBuenos AiresRuta 226 (entre Olavarria y Bolivar), OlavarríaDaniel Acosta
33827903/10/2015ArgentinaBuenos AiresOlavarríaDaniel Acosta
18679412/10/2014ArgentinaBuenos AiresOlavarríaDaniel Acosta
11180501/02/2014ArgentinaCorrientesLaguna IberáDaniel Acosta
8209701/12/2013ArgentinaBuenos AiresOlavarríaDaniel Acosta
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 19/04/2026.