The night herons are medium-sized herons in the genera Nycticorax, Nyctanassa and Gorsachius. The genus name Nycticorax derives from the Greek 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, the Black-crowned Night Heron.
例句与用法
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Less visible breeding areas hold nest sites for black crowned and yellow crowned night herons , great blue heron , great and snowy egret , glossy ibis and barn owl 黑冠和黄冠夜鹭、蓝鹭、大白鹭、雪鹭、朱鹭和猫头鹰的很难见到他们的巢，在这里是可以看到的。
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The chinese pond herons , little egrets and cattle egrets regularly nest there . some pairs of the rare swinboe s egrets also nest there . since 1972 , a small number of night herons have become annual visitors 池鹭、白鹭和牛背鹭都经常在这里巢居，就是较罕见的黄嘴白鹭，也有数对巢居于此；一九七二年以来，一些夜鹭每年都飞到此地。
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The egrets population started breeding from match to april . the chiefly breeding place was in jiyu in 2001 , including 5032 little egrets , 4694 chinese pond herons ( ardeola bacchus ) , 1692 black - crowned night herons ( nycticorax nycticorax ) and 460 cattle egrets 鹭群3 4月开始进入繁殖期， 2001年主要繁殖地位于鸡屿，繁殖数量为白鹭5032只，池鹭4694只，夜鹭1692只和牛背鹭460只。
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Every evening as the egrets return to their nests , the night herons start looking for food , and fiddler crabs and mudskippers show themselves on the soft mudflats . as the glow of the sunset envelopes the chiku creek , the curtain is just rising on the stage of life 每到傍晚白鹭鸶归巢，夜鹭开始觅食，招潮蟹与弹涂鱼也在柔软的泥滩上现身，日落馀晖中的七股溪，大自然的生命舞台才要揭幕呢！
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Another feature of chiku s rich natural environment not to be missed is the rare single - species forest of grey mangrove avicennia marina in the mangrove conservation area at the mouth of the chiku creek . the forest is home to thousands of egrets and black - crowned night herons , which live here throughout the year 七股乡丰富的生态资源，当然少不了位于七股溪出海口的红树林保育区，保育区中拥有珍贵的海茄?红树林纯林，以及终年栖息的上万只白鹭鸶与俗称暗光鸟的夜鹭。
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