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Field Guide to Birds of North America
Species Overview
Identification
Behavior
Portrait
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Order
PELECANIFORMES
Family
Bitterns, Herons and Egrets (Ardeidae)
Code 4
BCNH
Code 6
NYCNYC
ITIS
HEAD
Bill Shape:
Dagger
Eye Color:
Gray-olive in hatchlings, soon changing to yellow, deepening to orange, and then becoming bright red at maturity.
Head pattern:
Capped, Crested or plumed, Eyering, Unique pattern
Crown Color:
Black with long white plumes.
Forehead Color:
White and black.
Nape Color:
Black
Throat Color:
White to pale gray.
Cere color:
No Data
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BODY
Length Range:
64-71 cm (25-28 in)
Weight:
1100 g (38.8 oz)
Size:
Large (16 - 32 in)
Color Primary:
White, Black, Gray
Underparts:
White
Upperparts:
Black
Back Pattern:
Solid
Belly Pattern:
Solid
Breast Pattern:
Solid
FLIGHT
Flight Pattern:
Direct flight with slow steady wing beats.
Wingspan Range:
112-114 cm (44-45 in)
Wing Shape:
Long-Wings
Tail shape:
Squared Tail
Tail Pattern:
Solid
Upper Tail:
Gray
Under Tail:
Gray
Leg Color:
Yellow
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Parts of a Standing bird
X
Head Feathers and Markings
X
Parts of a Flying bird
X