Black-crowned Night Heron
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Nycticorax nycticorax
Rare migrants from Europe with 10-20 per year in Britain & 100 records for Ireland, mostly in the Spring with some escapes.
Summer Visitor to Eurasia from April-September & winters in Africa.
They are rare & annual vagrants to Britain.
Subspecies occur in North & South America.
Adults have a blue back with white feather sticking out of the head & grey flanks.
The legs are yellow.
Juveniles are brown with white spotting.
They have a harsh flight call.