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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Ardeidae .
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The genus name Nycticorax derives from the Greeks for “night raven” and refers to the largely nocturnal feeding habits of this group of birds, and the croaking crow-like call of the best known species, theBlack Crowned Night Heron.
Night Heron Papercraft | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models Michael James 2008
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Response: This is an adult black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax.
Mystery bird: black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax 2011
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Response: This is an adult black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax.
Mystery bird: black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax 2011
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Black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax (protonym, Ardea Nycticorax), also known as the American/common night heron, the quawk or quark (an onomatopoeic term) or simply as the night heron, photographed at Texas City Dike, Texas (USA).
Mystery bird: black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax 2011
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Black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax (protonym, Ardea Nycticorax), also known as the American/common night heron, the quawk or quark (an onomatopoeic term) or simply as the night heron, photographed at Texas City Dike, Texas (USA).
Mystery bird: black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax 2011
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The night herons are medium-sized herons in the genera Nycticorax and Gorsachius.
Night Heron Papercraft | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models Michael James 2008
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Other colonial birds are the Neotropic cormorant Phalacrocorax olivaceus, black-necked cormorant Phalacrocorax magellanicus, great egret Casmerodius albus, black-crowned night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax and common tern Sterna hirundo.
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They serve as the most important heron breeding area in Italy for squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides), black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), and little egret (Egretta garzetta) (700 – 1,000 pairs).
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The ecoregion also represent an important refuge for certain mammals, such as otter (Lutra lutra), and for an important number of reptiles (i.e. Emys orbicularis, Mauremis caspica, Chamaelo chamaelon), as well as wintering (i.e. Anas strepera, Netta rufina) and nesting (Ardea purpurea, Nycticorax nycticorax, Circus aeruginosus) bird species.
Southwest Iberian Mediterranean sclerophyllous and mixed forests 2008
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The Yesilirmak Delta supports breeding populations of night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), little egret (Egretta garzetta), and glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus).
biocon commented on the word Nycticorax
Nycticorax is a genus comprising the typical night herons. A bird of this genus (Oxford English Dictionary). See nycticorax.
September 18, 2011