Juvenile night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

ore juvenile black crowned night herons (nycticorax nycticorax)

🪶 Кваква (Nycticorax nycticorax) Ставропольский край, май 2024 📷 Андрей Дружбин

🇧🇷 Socó-dorminhoco (Jovem) 🇺🇸 Black-crowned Night-Heron (Young) 🔬 Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758) 📍 São Paulo/SP/Brasil #Birds#BirdWatching

And nycticorax nycticorax night raven night raven black crowned night heron would have a go at a swordfish if ever encountered I feel! (yes, it's slightly different name form 😉)

🪶 Обыкновенная кваква (Nycticorax nycticorax) 🎨 Наталья Коршун

I think that may change over the next 20 years.... Here's sightings

Turns out they've just turned the clock back. A bit of news about an unfortunate yellow-crowned night heron (and not night-heron) in 1894:

Black-crowned Night Heron #Heron#BlackcrownedNightHeron#OceanCityNJ#Wildlife#Birds#Nycticoraxhttps://islandinthenet.com/black-crowned-night-heron-nycticorax-nycticorax/

Black-crowned Night Heron: https://islandinthenet.com/black-crowned-night-heron-nycticorax-nycticorax/