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Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax).

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black-crowned night heron

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Also known as: Nycticorax nycticorax

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The black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) ranges over the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia; the Nankeen night heron (N. caledonicus) in Australia, New Caledonia, and the Philippines; and the yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea) from the eastern and central United States to southern Brazil. Another night…
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