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The black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), or black-capped night heron, commonly shortened to just night heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia (where it is replaced by the closely related rufous night heron, with which it has hybridized in the area of contact).
Scientific Name : Nycticorax Nycticorax
Family : Ardeidae
Order : Pelecaniformes
Class : Aves
Type : Bitterns, Herons And Egrets
Conservation Status : Least concern (LC)
Size : 64 cm
Compare Size : Kite +-
Wingspan : 115 - 118 cm
Weight : 800 g
Migratory : Resident
Sex Alike : Yes
Nesting Season : April - September in North India. December - February in South India
Other Names :
English : Black-Capped Night Heron, Night Heron
Hindi : अंजन, वाक
Marathi : रातबगळा, रात्रिंचर ढोकरी, रात ढोकरी
Habitat:
Wetlands, Saltmarshes, Freshwater marshes, swamps, streams, rivers, lakes, ponds, lagoons, tidal mudflats, canals, reservoirs, and wet agricultural fields
Breeding:
Crabs, Fish Fogs, Aquatic Insects.
Feeding:
Mostly fish but also squid, crustaceans, aquatic insects, frogs, snakes, clams, mussels, rodents, carrion
Juvenile
| Male & Female | |
|---|---|
| Crown | black; In breeding plumge two or three white plumes emerging form edge flanking the nape |
| Back | black |
| Head | variable white, pale-grey colouration |
| Neck | variable white, pale-grey colouration |
| Underparts | variable white, pale-grey colouration more white in belly and downwards |
| Iris | red |
| Legs | short; yellow |
| Wing | pale-grey |
| Note : males sllightly larger than females |
|
| Immature | |
|---|---|
| Head | grey-brown; streaked |
| Wing | grey-brown; with feathers having distinct white tips giving a spotted appearance |
| Back | grey-brown |
| Neck | grey-brown; streaked |
| Upperparts | paler; streaked |
| Iris | orange |
| Legs | yellowish-green |
| Date | Location |
|---|---|
| 31 Jan 2019 | Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Rajasthan |
| 01 Feb 2019 | Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Rajasthan |
