Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax - Bihoreau gris
Description identification
Subspecific information 4 subspecies
- Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax (Eurasia s to Indonesia and Africa)
- Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli (s Canada to n Argentina and Chile, Hawaii)
- Nycticorax nycticorax obscurus (Chile, sw Argentina)
- Nycticorax nycticorax falklandicus (Falkland Is.)
Foreign names
- Bihoreau gris,
- Martinete común,
- goraz-comum,
- Nachtreiher,
- bakcsó,
- Kwak,
- Nitticora,
- natthäger,
- Natthegre,
- chavkoš nočný,
- kvakoš noční,
- Nathejre,
- yöhaikara,
- Gewone Nagreier,
- martinet de nit comú,
- Nátthegri,
- ślepowron (zwyczajny),
- nakts gārnis,
- kvakač,
- Кваква,
- Kowak-malam abu,
- ゴイサギ,
- 夜鹭,
- นกแขวก,
- 夜鷺,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Intertidal : Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes