Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax [Linnaeus, 1758] |
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Order:
Ciconiiformes
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Family: Ardeidae |
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BTO Codes:
NT, NIGHE
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EURING No: 1040 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Status in UK:
(A) Escaped Breeder, Scarce Visitor
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Subspecies:
nycticorax recorded in Britain (of 4 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
62 cm
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Wingspan: 108 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 650 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: nukticorax a bird of eveil omen mentioned by Aristotle and others |
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World Distribution:
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local in c,s Europe, s,e Asia, w,e,s Africa and Americas |
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Habitat:
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Marshes, ponds, lakes and mangrove |
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Diet:
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Mostly fish, amphibians, insects from cover at water's edge, mostly nocturnal |
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TitBit:
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Young Black-crowned Night-Herons often disgorge their stomach contents when disturbed. This habit makes it easy to study its diet. |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
1782
(Latham, J. 1781-1801. A general synopsis of birds)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
10 per year
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Black-crowned Night-heron | |
| Gaelic: | Welsh: Crëyr y Nos |
| Danish: Nathejre | Dutch: Kwak |
| Finnish: Yöhaikara | French: Bihoreau gris |
| German: Nachtreiher | Hungarian: Bakcsó |
| Icelandic: Nátthegri | Irish: Corr Oíche |
| Italian: Nitticora | Norwegian: Natthegre |
| Polish: Slepowron zwyczajny | Portuguese: Goraz |
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Spanish:
Martinete
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Swedish: Natthäger |
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For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Voisin, C. 1991 The herons of Europe Poyser, London [598.461 VOI] | |
| Fasola, M. & Hafner, H. 1997 BWP Update 1:157-165 | |
| Kushlan, J.A. & Hancock, J. 2005 The Herons Oxford University Press [598.461 KUS] | |
| See Also: | |
Find scientific papers on  Google Scholar
or  Scirus by clicking the icon
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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