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Nycticorax nycticorax (black-crowned night heron)

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A wild Black-Crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) at the National Zoo in Washington, DC. Many of these birds nest around the Bird House at the zoo. They fly to local water sources after dark to hunt for food.

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Dr. Patricia Jones (photographer, copyright holder), Animal Diversity Web


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University of Michigan Museum of Zoology National Science Foundation Citation: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed November 29, 2009 at http://animaldiversity.org.
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