Bird / Nycticorax nycticorax

Black-Crowned Night Heron

LC

Lowest risk

Native

The black-crowned night heron, or black-capped night heron, 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.

Average mass
800 g
Average eggs per season
4
Average time to hatching
25 days
Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
Sex: female
730 days
Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
Sex: male
730 days
Average lifespan
Status: wild
253 months

Ivory, A. 2002. "Nycticorax nycticorax" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Nycticorax_nycticorax/

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