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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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Latest feeding records
Feeding
GroupSpeciesDateUser
FishBagre Negro  (Rhamdia quelen)18/02/2018Diego Oscar



Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 406285
  Adult
Coronel Suárez
Buenos Aires
Argentina
05/12/2018
Jose Luis Vera
Foto
Photography ID: 401408
  Adult
Turdera
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/07/2018
Vicente Piccirillo
Foto
Photography ID: 395262
  Adult
Estancia Harberton
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
02/07/2018
Rodrigo Fiorucci
Foto
Photography ID: 394615
  Adult
Nono, Traslasierra
Córdoba
Argentina
10/11/2018
Juan Benjamin Celli
Foto
Photography ID: 388676
  Adult
Manzano Historico
Mendoza
Argentina
08/04/2018
Tomas Widow
Foto
Photography ID: 350342
  Juvenile
Valle de Calamuchita
Córdoba
Argentina
10/26/2018
Eugenia Macchi
Foto
Photography ID: 348212
  Juvenile
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
03/13/2018
Edgar Romeo
Foto
Photography ID: 329388
  Juvenile
En cercania a Eduardo Castex
La Pampa
Argentina
03/11/2018
Juan Jose Tamagnone
Foto
Photography ID: 328482
  Adult
Henderson
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/21/2018
Juan Manuel Canepa



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
86412231/12/2018ArgentinaRío NegroEntre Piedras Coloradas y el centro, Las Grutas1Adriana Bellotti
92530829/12/2018BrazilRio de JaneiroParaty2Martina Wendeler
105657427/12/2018ArgentinaRío NegroSan Antonio Oeste1Julian Quillen Vidoz
86626227/12/2018MexicoChiapasCañon del sumidero, Tuxtla gutierrezPablo Eguia
86035327/12/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural del PilarDiego Kondratzky
86016327/12/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresGran Buenos Aires NorteDiego Oscar
86037625/12/2018ArgentinaCórdobaLa isla, La Paisanita1Dario Juan Wendeler
85964324/12/2018ArgentinaSan LuisLa CarolinaDiego Carus
105654923/12/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzIsla Pinguino, Parque Interjurisdiccional Marino Isla Pingüino1Julian Quillen Vidoz
85891423/12/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Natural Municipal Ribera Norte (San Isidro)Diego Oscar
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.