NPSpecies

Indigenous

Updates to subspecies based from most recent Gill, Donsker and Rasmussen list from the IOC - Master Lists - IOC Word Bird List (worldbirdnames.org), version 11.2. Park Species Detail: During the 2003-2004 shorebird, seabird and waterbird inventory of PUHO, a pair of black-crowned night-herons nested in a cocunut tree in the Inner Pond area. The nest was observed during the 15 March survey, alsthough it is suspected that nesting actually began mid to late February. The nest was located approximately five meters above the ground. Park staff saw two hatchlings in the nest; however, only one hatchling was observed during the surveys. Parks staff also indicated that the same tree has been used by night-herons for nesting for the past five years. The hatchling did fledge and was observed in the Inner Pond area for the remainder of the surveys with the exception of the last survey conducted on 17 May 2004. Park Species Data Source: Scott Waddington, I & M Contractor, NATUREBIB-598954