Black-crowned Night Heron | Bird Gallery

Black-crowned Night Heron

Scientific name:	Nycticorax nycticorax
Habitat :	Wetlands from ricefields to magroves.
Birdwatch note :	Roosting in trees during the daytime and flies out to feed at twilight. Call is a loud wok in flight.
WBCP note:	Breeding populations observed in Asiaworld, Paranaque and Valenzuela in the last few years. Small colony of free-range birds also exist in the Manila Zoo.
Photo credit :	Romy Ocon, www.pbase.com/liquidstone
Location:	Asiaworld, Paranaque

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