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