The genus name Nycticorax derives from the Greeks for “night raven” and refers to the largely nocturnal feeding habits of this group of birds, and the croaking crow-like call of the best known species, theBlack Crowned Night Heron.    From Wordnik.com.  [Night Heron Papercraft | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models] Reference

Night-heron, Black-crowned Nycticorax Nycticorax 70, 119.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference

The night herons are medium-sized herons in the genera Nycticorax and Gorsachius.    From Wordnik.com.  [Night Heron Papercraft | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models] Reference

Waterbirds using the ecoregion include little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus), white stork (Ciconia ciconia), purple heron (Ardea purpurea), and night heron (Nycticorax Nycticorax).    From Wordnik.com.  [West Saharan montane xeric woodlands] Reference

Year round residents include rare species such as black-collared hawk (Busarellus nigricollis), grey-necked wood-rail (Aramides cajanea), least grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus) and Black-Crowned Night Herons (Nycticorax Nycticorax).    From Wordnik.com.  [Tehuantepec-El Manchon mangroves] Reference

Other colonial birds are the Neotropic cormorant Phalacrocorax olivaceus, black-necked cormorant Phalacrocorax magellanicus, great egret Casmerodius albus, black-crowned night-heron Nycticorax Nycticorax and common tern Sterna hirundo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Península Valdés, Argentina] Reference

They also represent an important refuge for certain mammals, such as otter (Lutra lutra), an important number of reptiles (i.e. Emys orbicularis, Mauremis caspica), and wintering (i.e. Anas strepera, Netta rufina) and nesting (Ardea purpurea, Nycticorax Nycticorax, Circus aeruginosus) bird species.    From Wordnik.com.  [Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests] Reference

The ecoregion also represent an important refuge for certain mammals, such as otter (Lutra lutra), and for an important number of reptiles (i.e. Emys orbicularis, Mauremis caspica, Chamaelo chamaelon), as well as wintering (i.e. Anas strepera, Netta rufina) and nesting (Ardea purpurea, Nycticorax Nycticorax, Circus aeruginosus) bird species.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southwest Iberian Mediterranean sclerophyllous and mixed forests] Reference

Looks like it's a Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax Nycticorax.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily Links, March 26, 2009] Reference

Birds more specific to mangrove communities include black-bellied whistling duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis), mangrove warbler (Dendroica petechia), great egret (Egretta albus), snowy egret (Egretta thula), jabiru (Jabiru mycteria), wood stork (Mycteria americana), yellow-crowned night heron (Nycticorax violaceus), and Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrorax olivaceus) just to name a few.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Honduras mangroves] Reference

Element Patterns in Feathers of Nestling Black-Crowned Night-Herons, Nycticorax Nycticorax L., from Four Colonies in Delaware, Maryland, and Minnesota.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wildlife Disease News Digest] Reference

Nycticorax caledonicus, Less.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference

Nycticorax Nycticorax, Black-crowned Night Heron.    From Wordnik.com.  [BIRDS ETCETERA] Reference

Night-heron, Yellow-crowned Nycticorax violaceus 70, 81, 192.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference

Species recorded in the area include golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos, long-legged buzzard Buteo rufinus, bittern Botaurus stellaris, little bittern Ixobrychus minutus, night heron Nycticorax Nycticorax, squacco heron Ardeola ralloides, purple heron A. purpurea, white stork Ciconia ciconia, glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellis, short-toed eagle Circaetus gallicus, lesser kestrel Falco naumanni, hobby F. subbuteo, quail Coturnix coturnix, corncrake Crex crex spotted crake Porzana porzana, and stone curlew Burhinus oedicnemus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tassili N'Ajjer National Park, Algeria] Reference

Some examples are the graylag goose (Anser anser), white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons), Little bustard (Otis tetrax), glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), night heron (Nycticorax Nycticorax), red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis), peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), Pelecanidae, buff-backed heron (Bubulcus ibis = Ardeola ibis), squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides), greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus), white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala), and Caspian snowcock (Tetraogallus caspius).    From Wordnik.com.  [Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests] Reference

Birds most specific to mangroves include the Panama flycatcher (Myiarchus panamensis), whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus), yellow-crowned night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea), black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax Nycticorax), scaly-breasted hummingbird (Phaeochroa cuvierii), black-bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola), prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea), northern waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis), northern scrub-flycatcher (Sublegatus arenarum), mangrove swallow (Tachycineta albilinea), and greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) just to name a few.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southern Dry Pacific Coast mangroves] Reference

About 5,000 white pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus nest here regularly, as well as pinkbacked pelican Pelecanus rufescens, common cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, white-breasted cormorant P. lucidus, African darter Anhinga rufa, night heron Nycticorax Nycticorax, squacco herons Ardeola spp., green heron Butorides striatus, various egrets Egretta spp., purple heron Ardea purpurea, grey heron Ardea cinerea, yellowbilled stork Mycteria ibis, sacred ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus, glossy ibis Plegardis falcinellus, African spoonbill Platalea alba, white-faced tree duck Dendrocygna viduata, fulvus tree duck D. bicolor, spur-winged goose Plectropterus gambensis, and Sudan bustard Otis arabs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary, Senegal] Reference