Black-crowned night heron
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| phylum | Chordata | The Black-crowned Night Heron, commonly abbreviated 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.They are relatively stocky with shorter bills, legs, and necks than their more familiar cousins, the egrets and "day" herons.
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| clade | Diapsida | |
| Class | Aves | |
| order | Pelecaniformes | |
| family | Ardeidae | |
| genus | Nycticorax | |
| species | N. nycticorax |
