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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: 537745
  Adult
Turdera
Buenos Aires
Argentina
06/12/2023
Santos Di Mauro
Foto
Photography ID: 519887
  Juvenile
Turdera
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/03/2023
Santos Di Mauro
Foto
Photography ID: 398746
  Adult
Parque Natural Delta del Ebro
Tarragona
Spain
05/19/2019
Santos Di Mauro



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Last Filmings published


Video ID: 5495
  Juvenile
Las Grutas
Río Negro
Argentina
12/20/2022
Santos Di Mauro
Video ID: 1697
  Juvenile
Turdera
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/15/2015
Santos Di Mauro
Video ID: 1257
  Juvenile
Bañado La Estrella
Formosa
Argentina
08/15/2015
Santos Di Mauro



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
177743812/06/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Municipal Finky, TurderaSantos Di Mauro
169791503/01/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Municipal Finky, TurderaSantos Di Mauro
170573320/12/2022ArgentinaRío NegroComplejo hotelero, Las GrutasSantos Di Mauro
124422319/05/2019SpainTarragonaParque Natural Delta del EbroSantos Di Mauro
38792015/08/2015ArgentinaFormosaVertedero, Bañado La EstrellaSantos Di Mauro
44999315/01/2015ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Municipal Finky, TurderaSantos Di Mauro
129174828/06/2014FranceProvenza-Alpes-Costa AzulParque Ornitológico du Pon de Gau, Saintes Maries de le MerSantos Di Mauro
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 18/04/2026.