Black-crowned Night Heron

Order - Pelecaniformes
Family - Ardeidae (Herons)

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

黑冠麻鹭 (hēi guàn má lù) / 夜鹭 (yè lù)

    Malay : Pucung-Kuak Biasa

    Japanese : ゴイサギ (goi sagi) / セグロゴイ (seguro goi) / ホシゴイ (hoshi goi)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 五位鷺 / 背黒五位 / 星五位

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 296,000,000km²
    Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) : 290,000,000km²
    Migratory Status : Full Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

    Size : 58–66 cm; average 883 g (278–1100 g); Wingspan 105–112 cm

    

    Subspecies (4) and Distribution

    EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)

    Black-crowned Night Heron (Eurasian) Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax

• Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758)
  – C and S Europe and N Africa E to C, S and E Asia (to E China, Japan and Taiwan), and S to Java, Sulawesi, Timor and Philippines; sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. Some N breeders winter in S parts of range.

    EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)

    Black-crowned Night Heron (American) Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli

• Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli (Gmelin, 1789)
  – S Canada (EC Alberta to Nova Scotia) S through USA and Central and South America to N Chile and NC Argentina (Río Negro); Hawaiian Is.

    EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)

    Black-crowned Night Heron (Falklands) Nycticorax nycticorax falklandicus

• Nycticorax nycticorax falklandicus (Hartert, 1914)
  – Falkland Is.

    EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)

    Black-crowned Night Heron (Dusky) Nycticorax nycticorax obscurus

• Nycticorax nycticorax obscurus (Bonaparte, 1855)
  – N Chile (from Atacama) and NC Argentina (from Río Negro) S to Tierra del Fuego.

Distribution Map

Nycticorax nycticorax ssp. nycticorax
Date : 22 June 2019

Location : Malim Nawar Wetland, Daerah Kampar, Perak

Nycticorax nycticorax ssp. nycticorax
Date : 22 June 2019

Location : Malim Nawar Wetland, Daerah Kampar, Perak

Nycticorax nycticorax ssp. nycticorax
Date : 29 July 2018

Location : Taiping Lake Garden, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak