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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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Records from Mar del Plata

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Ardea nycticorax.

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Foto
Photography ID: 678160
  Juvenile
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/14/2026
Victor Hugo Michelini
Foto
Photography ID: 538764
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/05/2023
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 439374
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/24/2021
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 340096
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/07/2019
Natalia Soledad Herrada
Foto
Photography ID: 320418
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/05/2019
Victor Hugo Michelini
Foto
Photography ID: 254694
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/17/2018
Victor Hugo Michelini
Foto
Photography ID: 154489
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
06/20/2016
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 108996
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
05/09/2015
José Luis Ianiro



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
244810314/03/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamino Rural 045-06 inters 045-09, Mar del Plata3Enrique Chiurla
244799514/03/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamino Rural 045-06 inters 045-09, Mar del Plata3Victor Hugo Michelini
190269414/10/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresLagunas de Punta Mogotes, Mar del Plata1José Luis Ianiro
181563915/07/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna de los Padres, Mar del Plata1José Luis Ianiro
178492010/02/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna de los Padres, Mar del Plata4José Luis Ianiro
178064205/02/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresLagunas de Punta Mogotes, Mar del Plata3José Luis Ianiro
154855930/01/2022ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna de los Padres, Mar del PlataVictor Hugo Michelini
138814324/03/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresLagunas de Punta Mogotes, Mar del Plata1José Luis Ianiro
138673918/02/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna de los Padres, Mar del Plata1José Luis Ianiro
127882301/08/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresLagunas de Punta Mogotes, Mar del PlataMónica Suarez
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 06/04/2026.