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Nycticorax nycticorax
Black-crowned Night Heron
Petrified Forest National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Occasional

Scientific Name with Authority:		Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

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


Seasonality Tags:
Migratory


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		AZ: S3
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 1 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	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical 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	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:	9/14/2005

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/25/2025 4:42:27 PM

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