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Nycticorax nycticorax
Black-crowned Night Heron
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Common

Scientific Name with Authority:		Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Black-crowned Night Heron
Park Synonyms:		Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Pelecaniformes, Family Ardeidae, Genus Nycticorax, Species Nycticorax nycticorax


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		DC: S3B; MD: S3B,S2N; VA: S3B,S4N; WV: SHB
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 14 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Amistad National Recreation Area
Anacostia Park	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Arches National Park	Assateague Island National Seashore
Aztec Ruins National Monument	Badlands National Park
Bandelier National Monument	Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Big Bend National Park	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big Hole National Battlefield	Big Thicket National Preserve
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	Biscayne National Park
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park	Blue Ridge Parkway
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area	Bryce Canyon National Park
Buffalo National River	Cabrillo National Monument
Canaveral National Seashore	Canyonlands National Park
Cape Cod National Seashore	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Capitol Reef National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Channel Islands National Park	Chickasaw National Recreation Area
City Of Rocks National Reserve	Colonial National Historical Park
Crater Lake National Park	Cumberland Island National Seashore
Curecanti National Recreation Area	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Dinosaur National Monument	Dry Tortugas National Park
Effigy Mounds National Monument	El Malpais National Monument
Everglades National Park	Fire Island National Seashore
Fort Caroline National Memorial	Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Fort Matanzas National Monument	Fort Pulaski National Monument
Gateway National Recreation Area	Gauley River National Recreation Area
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Glacier National Park
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park	Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Great Basin National Park	Great Falls Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Isle Royale National Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	Joshua Tree National Park
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area	Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lava Beds National Monument	Manassas National Battlefield Park
Mesa Verde National Park	Minute Man National Historical Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Mojave National Preserve
Montezuma Castle National Monument	Morristown National Historical Park
National Capital Parks	National Capital Parks-East
National Mall and Memorial Parks	Navajo National Monument
Ninety Six National Historic Site	Niobrara National Scenic River
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run
Padre Island National Seashore	Parashant National Monument
Petrified Forest National Park	Pipe Spring National Monument
Pipestone National Monument	Piscataway Park
Point Reyes National Seashore	Presidio of San Francisco
Redwood National Park	Rock Creek Park
Rocky Mountain National Park	Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Shenandoah National Park
Shiloh National Military Park	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument	Tumacacori National Historical Park
Tuzigoot National Monument	Vicksburg National Military Park
Virgin Islands National Park	Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield	Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Wupatki National Monument	Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park	Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	8/27/2003

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