Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax 夜鹭
The Black‑crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) is a medium‑sized wading bird about 28 inches long, featuring a black crown, dark back, white‑grey body, red eyes, yellow legs, and pale grey wings. It is nocturnal/crepuscular, feeds on small fish, crustaceans, amphibians, insects and small mammals, and nests in colonies on sticks or the ground.
- First spotted
- 4 Dec 2025
- Seen at 2 places
- Islands of HawaiiSilver Springs, FL
- Group
- Wading & Shorebirds
Field marks
- Length
- 28 in · 71 cm
- Colours
- Black · Brown · Gray · White · Yellow
- Wings
- Broad · Fingered · Long
- Tail
- Short
- In flight
- Direct Flight · Soaring
- Movement
- Resident
- World population
- 3 million