
The black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), commonly shortened to just night heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia (where it is replaced by the closely related rufous night heron, with which it has hybridized in the area of contact).
Recorded year-round
Recorded in every month, so no month is the wrong month to look. We would rather say that than invent a best time.
Curve from 1,012 national iNaturalist observations, not from one property and not from this province. Single-month spikes are discarded as upload artefacts, and below 50 records we show no curve at all.
Western Cape and beyond
Provinces where Black-crowned Night Heron is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
1,012 records, iNaturalist
6 resultaten in KwaZulu-Natal
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Black-crowned Night Heron: door gastheren waargenomen in of bij Phinda Private Game Reserve.
Begeleide ritten vanuit een lodge
Een gids die weet waar te kijken, met offroad- en nachtritten in de privéreservaten.
Waar gastheren de soort waarnemen
Soort
Nycticorax nycticorax
Waarnemingen
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iNaturalist-waarnemingen
Elke boeking op Spekboom steunt natuurbehoud.
Een waarneming betekent dat een gastheer de Black-crowned Night Heron op of bij het terrein heeft gezien. Een waarneming is nooit gegarandeerd.
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Black-crowned Night Heron at stays in or beside Phinda Private Game Reserve. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.
The Black-crowned Night Heron is most recorded in Western Cape (58% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (11% of records), Mpumalanga (9% of records), based on 1 012 iNaturalist observations. 6 places to stay on Spekboom in KwaZulu-Natal have recorded the Black-crowned Night Heron on site or nearby.
The Black-crowned Night Heron is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Phinda Private Game Reserve: year-round, dry season May-Sep. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
The black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), commonly shortened to just night heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia (where it is replaced by the closely related rufous night heron, with which it has hybridized in the area of contact).