Is not strictly nocturnal...is
               dependent on a diet of small fish,
               reptiles, insects and sometimes eggs.
          
         
            
               Nycticorax caledonicus
            
               (L 20.0-25.2")
          
         
         
            
               © Marc
               Anderson
            
               xeno-canto
          
         
            
               juv - has a striped breast
          
         
            
               Nycticorax means night raven;
            
               caledonicus after New
               Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean.
          
         
         
         
            
               © Vicki
               Powys
            
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