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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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Photography ID: 376492
  Adult
Rambla Gandhi
Montevideo
Uruguay
01/05/2020
Virginia Bonifacio
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Photography ID: 236211
  Adult
Villa Domínico
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/25/2017
Virginia Bonifacio



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
177547104/06/2023ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresLago de Regatas12Virginia Bonifacio
159888718/06/2022ArgentinaBuenos AiresArroyo Cristiano Muerto, San Cayetano2Virginia Bonifacio
133240613/12/2020ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas1Virginia Bonifacio
122948322/02/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Ecológica Vicente López6Virginia Bonifacio
122937525/01/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresEl Chajá, Exaltación de la Cruz9Virginia Bonifacio
117528105/01/2020UruguayMontevideoRambla Gandhi1Virginia Bonifacio
115349621/12/2019ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)1Virginia Bonifacio
115359301/12/2019ArgentinaMisionesPasarela inferior, Parque Nacional Iguazú2Virginia Bonifacio
89246005/01/2019ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresLago de Regatas4Virginia Bonifacio
86302902/09/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Ecológica Vicente López1Virginia Bonifacio
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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.