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The black-crowned night heron
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The black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

The black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), commonly abbreviated to just night heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia (where it is replaced by the closely related rufous night heron, with which it has hybridized in the area of contact)
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Habitat
The breeding habitat is fresh and salt-water wetlands throughout much of the world. The subspecies N. n. hoactli breeds in North and South America from Canada as far south as northern Argentina and Chile, N. n. obscurus in southernmost South America, N. n
Location
ALIPORE ZOO PREMISES
Date taken
20/11/2015
Scientific name
Nycticorax nycticorax
Equipment used
CANON EOS 600D WITH TAMRON 150-600
delia todd
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What a lovely picture you've taken of this heron TJT.

It always amazes me how such large birds can balance on such flimsy looking twigs and branches LOL.

Many thanks for showing it to us.
 

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