Bulgaria
Greece
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
(L 25" W 44" WT 1.9 lbs)
Found across much of the
world, except in the coldest
regions and Australasia.
world, except in the coldest
regions and Australasia.
Lake Kerkini
Greece
18May2015
The night heron is light and black-crowned.
Haunting wetlands, oft making no sound,
This fowl waylays small frogs,
Plus things creeping in bogs,
That in old and the new world abound..
(psh)
Nycticorax is a bird of evil
omen
mentioned by Aristotle.
mentioned by Aristotle.
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