Waterbird Nest Counts Nearly Halved at an Indian Wetland, but Bird Numbers Showed No Clear Decline
At Vettangudi Bird Sanctuary in India, recorded waterbird nests fell from 396 to 190 across eight sampled breeding…
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Research, conservation and important developments connected to this species.
Black-crowned Night Herons Had 87.7% Hatching Success Across Four Algerian Wetland Colonies
A five-year study of four wetland colonies in north-eastern Algeria found a mean clutch of 3.3 eggs and…
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New nematode species described from black-crowned night herons in Israel
Fourteen adult nematodes collected from the stomach lining of three black-crowned night herons in Israel led to the…
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Rare Black-crowned Night Heron Recorded for Three Days at Restored Holnicote Wetlands
National Trust cameras recorded a scarce black-crowned night heron on three consecutive days at Holnicote, where wetland restoration…
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First Documented Black-crowned Night Heron Predation on a Common Gallinule Chick
At Lake Yahuarcocha in Ecuador, an adult black-crowned night heron captured and swallowed an approximately 15-day-old common gallinule…
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Great Egret and Grey Heron Dominated Many Inland Heron Colonies in South Korea
Across 176 South Korean breeding colonies, two colony groups had more than 90% of nests from large-bodied herons…
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Great Egret Nesting Pairs Increased 96% While Black-crowned Night Herons Fell 55% in New York–New Jersey Harbor
A 22-year study found that great egret nesting pairs in New York–New Jersey Harbor increased 96% and snowy…
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Nest Site and Breeding Timing Did Not Predict Brood Sex Ratio in Iranian Black-crowned Night Herons
Molecular sexing of 54 black-crowned night heron nestlings from 18 nests in northern Iran found no clear relationship…
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Non-Breeding Night Herons Used Home Ranges 18 Times Larger Than Breeders in Chicago
GPS tracking at Chicago’s largest remaining Great Lakes rookery found that non-breeding black-crowned night herons used much larger…
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Anurans Were the Main Assimilated Food Source for Cattle Egret Chicks in Southern Brazil
Stable-isotope and food-remains analyses from a mixed heron colony in southern Brazil showed that western cattle egret chicks…
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Western Cattle Egrets Accounted for 99% of Occupied Nests in Ondangwa in 2020 as Other Species Declined
At the long-established Ondangwa heronry in north-central Namibia, estimated western cattle egret nests rose from about 2,500 in…
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