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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: 653912
  Adult
Humedal Platanares
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/13/2025
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 651079
  Adult
Humedal Platanares (yumbo)
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/13/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 597411
  Adult
Repelón
Atlántico
Colombia
08/26/2024
Miguel Ángel Serrano
Foto
Photography ID: 263186
  Adult
Suba
Bogotá
Colombia
05/01/2018
Jairo Alberto García Giraldo
Foto
Photography ID: 224168
  Adult
Suba
Bogotá
Colombia
10/22/2017
Jairo Alberto García Giraldo
Foto
Photography ID: 135757
 La Virginia
Risaralda
Colombia
01/17/2016
Julian Zuleta



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
236852813/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaHumedal PlatanaresJorge Schlemmer
235350913/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaHumedal Platanares (yumbo)2Pablo Eguia
233455513/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaHumedal Platanares Yumbo, Humedal Platanares2Nino A. Grangetto
213816526/08/2024ColombiaAtlánticoRuta Villa Rosa- Manatí, RepelónMiguel Ángel Serrano
204725218/02/2024ColombiaValle del CaucaCaliMarcelo Gavensky
128440504/10/2019ColombiaCundinamarcaHumedal La Florida, BogotáMarcelo Gavensky
75287801/05/2018ColombiaBogotáClub choquenza, SubaJairo Alberto García Giraldo
63094922/10/2017ColombiaBogotáLago del club Choquenzá, SubaJairo Alberto García Giraldo
51057626/11/2016ColombiaBolívarManzanilloPablo Eguia
39655217/01/2016ColombiaRisaraldaDistrito de manejo Integrado Guasimo, La Virginia1Julian Zuleta
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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.