Black-crowned Night Heron
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Birds

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli (Gmelin, 1789)

LC Least Concern
🏛️ Registered in 4 zoos

The Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli (Gmelin, 1789)) is a bird in the family Ardeidae. This species is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN. The ZooTrack community has registered Black-crowned Night Heron in 4 zoos, and the list is still growing. So far we've tracked this one at 5 zoos. More will likely follow.

Taxonomy

Class Aves
Order Pelecaniformes
Family Ardeidae
Genus Nycticorax

Found in 4 zoos

Black-crowned Night Heron has been registered in these zoos by the ZooTrack community.

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Last updated: 2026-10-28
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