Night Heron

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“Nyctiardea grisea naevia. Black-crowned Night Heron. Qua-bird. Squawk. Crown, scapulars and interscapulars very dark glossy green; other upper parts, wings and tail, pale bluish-gray with a lilac or lavender tinge, most decided on the neck. Forehead and throat-line white, shading into the lilaceous of the neck; under parts whitish,tinged with lilac. The long occipital plumes white. Eyes red; lores greenish; bill black; legs yellow; claws brown.” Elliot Coues, 1884

Keywords

migratory birds, birds, ornithology, North American birds, herons, aquatic feeder, stalking birds, Nyctiardea grisea naevia, Black-crowned Night Heron, Qua-bird, Squawk, Nycticorax nycticorax

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Birds: H-I

Source

Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)

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