Black-crowned Night Heron Description of Black-crowned Night Heron: Scientific name. (Nycticorax nycticorax) Black-crowned Night Heron birds, hence the name, feeds mainly at night on a diet of frogs, fish, bats, invertebrates and rodents. Black-crowned Night Herons will also eat eggs and even the young of other herons. Black-crowned Night Heron birds habitats are primarily wetlands and they can be found throughout Asia, Africa, North and South America and Europe. These species of heron birds breeds in large colonies consisting of thousands of birds. At the height of their breeding season and having selected a mate for breeding, their legs changed to a blushing pink. It is sad the these rare black-crowned night heron birds are classified as being extinct in the wild! | |
