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Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Scientific name definitions

Roger L. Hothem, Brianne E. Brussee, William E. Davis Jr., Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020

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Distribution of the Black-crowned Night Heron - Range Map
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Distribution of the Black-crowned Night Heron

Recommended Citation

Hothem, R. L., B. E. Brussee, W. E. Davis Jr., A. Martínez-Vilalta, A. Motis, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bcnher.01
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