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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: 636573
  Adult
Sarasota
Florida
United States
05/09/2025
Susana Gomez
Foto
Photography ID: 338562
  Adult
Alcatraz
California
United States
05/14/2019
Gustavo Kin
Foto
Photography ID: 155244
  Adult
Contra Costa County
California
United States
06/22/2016
Rutger Koperdraad
Foto
Photography ID: 103954
  Adult
Sedona
Arizona
United States
05/27/2015
Pablo Eguia



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
229379409/05/2025United StatesFloridaSarasotaSusana Gomez
93614914/05/2019United StatesCaliforniaAlcatrazGustavo Kin
77161323/06/2018United StatesLouisianaNew OrleansUlises Balza
54484729/01/2017United StatesFloridaLake ApopkaEsteban Argerich
52863826/12/2016United StatesCaliforniaDuck pond, Lake Forest1Virginia Bonifacio
44727422/06/2016United StatesCaliforniaBrentwood, Contra Costa CountyRutger Koperdraad
29573927/05/2015United StatesArizonaSedonaPablo Eguia
28818812/05/2015United StatesCaliforniaBolsa Chica Ecological ReserveMarcos Augusto Lartigau
1615108/06/2011United StatesWashington, DCWashington DCGerardo Alberto García
105658206/06/2009United StatesCaliforniaSierra Nevada Field Campus, Sierra4Julian Quillen Vidoz
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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.