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Black-Crowned Night Heron (Kwak)




Black-Crowned Night Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax - Kwak
North- and South-America, Europe, Asia to Indonesia, Africa and Madagascar.

The following 4 subspecies are being recognized:
Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax - Eurasia south to Indonesia, Africa and Madagascar;
Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli - South-Canada to North-Argentina and Chile;
Nycticorax nycticorax obscurus - North-Chile and North-Argentina to Tierra del Fuego;
Nycticorax nycticorax falklandicus - Falkland Islands.

Of this species there are also Nature Photo's available.


Black-Crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax nycticorax
Black-Crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax		 Kwak / Black-Crowned Night-Heron
Kwak / Black-Crowned Night-Heron		 Kwak / Black-Crowned Night-Heron
Kwak / Black-Crowned Night-Heron		 Black-Crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax nycticorax
Black-Crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax		 Kwak
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