Black-crowned Night Heron / Nycticorax nycticorax
| Black-crowned Night Heron bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
| Synonyms | Quawk, Black-capped Night Heron, Night Heron, American night Heron, Common Night Heron, Night-heron, Blackcrowned Night Heron, Qua Bird, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Black-capped Night-Heron |
| Old latin name for bird | Ardea kwaka, Nycticorax infaustus, Ardea nycticorax |
| Order | Pelicans and relatives / Pelecaniformes |
| Family | Herons, Bitterns / Ardeidae |
| Genus | Nycticorax |
| Breeding region | Worldwide |
| Breeding subregion | except AU |
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Related species
Rodrigues Night Heron
Ascension Night Heron
Mauritius Night Heron
Nankeen Night Heron
Reunion Night Heron
Where to see Black-crowned Night Heron
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- French Guiana
- French Southern Territories
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jersey
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Martinique
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Mexico
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine, State of
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Virgin Islands (British)
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Åland Islands
Black-crowned Night Heron subspecies (4)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nycticorax nycticorax falklandicus | Falkland Is. | - | No |
| Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli | s Canada to n Argentina and Chile; Hawaii | - | No |
| Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax | Eurasia s to Africa and Madagascar and e to e Asia, Philippines and Indonesian Arch. | - | No |
| Nycticorax nycticorax obscurus | Chile and sw Argentina | - | No |
Translation
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Gewone Nagreier |
| Albanian | Çapka natës, Çapka e natës |
| Arabic | الواق الأخضر الصغير, بلشون الليل أسود التاج, غراب الليل |
| Armenian | Կվակվա, [Kvakva ] |
| Azerbaijani | adi qarıldaq, Qarıldaq |
| Bashkir | ала селән, ала сөлән, ҡауылдаҡ селән |
| Basque | Martinet de nit, Amiltxori arrunta, Amiltxori arrunt |
| Belarusian | Чапля-кваква |
| Bengali | কালামাথা নিশিবক, কামরাভাথা চনচফক |
| Breton | Ar gerc'heiz kein du, Kerc'heiz-noz kein du |
| Bulgarian | Нощна чапла, Обикновена нощна чапла |
| Catalan | martinet de nit comú, Orval, Martinet de nit |
| Chinese | 灰洼子, 夜鹭, 苍, 夜游鹤, 星斑, 夜鷺, 夜鹤, 水洼子, 星, 夜 鹭 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 夜鶴, 蒼鳽, 灰窪子, 星斑, 星鳽, 夜遊鶴, 水窪子, 夜鷺 |
| Chuvash | ахаль кваква |
| Cornish | Kerghyth nos |
| Croatian | gak |
| Czech | kvakoš noèní, kvakoš noční, Kvakoš nocní |
| Danish | Nathejre |
| Dutch | Kwak |
| Esperanto | Noktardeo |
| Estonian | ööhaigur |
| Faroese | Nátthegri |
| Finnish | yöhaikara |
| French | Héron bihoreau à calotte noire, Héron bihoreau, Bihoreau gris, Bihoreau à couronne noire, Bihoreau à couronne noir |
| Frisian | Nachtreager |
| Galician | Garza da noite, Martinet de nit, Garciña noiteira común |
| Georgian | ღამის ყანჩა |
| German | Nachtreiher |
| Greek | Νυκτοκόρακας, Νυχτoκόρακας, (Κοινός) Νυχτοκόρακας, Νυχτοκόρακας |
| Guarani | Tajasu-guyra, Tajasu guyra |
| Hebrew | אנפת לילת, אנפת לילה |
| Hindi | Vakka |
| Hungarian | bakcsó |
| Icelandic | Nátthegri |
| Indonesian | Burung Kowak-malam Abu, Burung, Kowakmalam Abu, Kowak-malam abu, Kowak, Burung Kowak-malam |
| Irish | Corr Oíche |
| Italian | Nitticora, Nitticora comune |
| Japanese | ホシゴイ, セグロゴイ, ゴイサギ |
| Kazakh | кәдімгі бақылдақ, Бақылдақ құтан, бақылдақ |
| Korean | 해오라기 |
| Latvian | nakts gārnis, Naktsgārnis |
| Lithuanian | paprastasis naktikovis, Naktikovis |
| Luxembourgish | Nuetsreeër |
| Macedonian | ноќна чапја, Ноќна чапја, Драјка, Гак |
| Malagasy | Goaka, Goadrano, Rahoaka, Doaka, Koaka |
| Malay | Burung Kuntul Malam, Pucung Kuak, Burung Pucung Kuak, Burung, Pucong Kuak |
| Malayalam | പാതിരാകൊക്ക്, പാതിരാക്കൊക്ക് |
| Maltese | Kwakka, kwakk |
| Manx | Coar ny hoie |
| Marathi | रातबगळा |
| Mongolian | Ногоовор зашин, Ногоовор дэглий, зашин |
| Nepali | बा“के बकुल्ला |
| Northern Sami | Idjaháigir |
| Norwegian | natthegre, Natthegre |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Natthegre |
| Persian | حواصیل (وِکای) شب, حواصیل شب |
| Polish | ślepowron (zwyczajny), Ślepowron zwyczajny, slepowron, Ślepowron |
| Portuguese | Socó-taquari, goraz-comum, arapapá-de-bico-comprido, socó-dorminhoco, Goraz, socó, guacuru, savacu, guarucu, Garça-nocturna, Savacu / Goraz, taquiri, dorminhoco, garça-cinzenta, Garca-dorii-iinhoca, taquari, garça-dorminhoca, taiassu, socó-dorminhoco / goraz, tajaçu, guacuré, socó-galinha |
| Romanian | Stârc de noapte |
| Romansh | irun stgarvuna, Irun stgarvunà |
| Russian | Ночная цапля, Кваква обыкновенная, Обыкновенная Кваква, Кваква, Kvakva |
| Serbian | Nocna caplja, Гак, Ночна цаплја, Gak |
| Slovak | bučiak nočný, chavkoš nočný, Chvakoš nočný |
| Slovenian | kvakac, kvakač |
| Spanish | Martinete Capinegro, Guaco Común, Huairavo, Yaboa Real, Martinete, Rey Congo Cabeza Negra, Huairavo del Norte, Martinete coroninegro, Garza-nocturna Coroninegra, pedrete corona-negra, Martinete Comun, Garza bruja, Martinete común, Guanabá de la Florida, Pedrete Corona Negra, Garza Nocturna Coroninegra, Garza nocturna corona negra |
| Swahili | Kingoyo Utosi-weusi |
| Swedish | natthäger |
| Tamil | Erakokku |
| Tatar | кваква, кваквасы, кваквалар |
| Thai | นกแขวก |
| Turkish | gece balykçyly, Gece Balıkçılı, Бақылдақ құтан |
| Turkmen | kawguş |
| Ukrainian | квак звичайний, Квак |
| Uzbek | ҳаққуш, кваква |
| Vietnamese | Chim Vạc, Vạc |
| Welsh | Crёyr y Nos, Crëyr y nos |
| Zulu | uSiba |