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Definition of Night heron
1. Noun. Nocturnal or crepuscular herons.
Generic synonyms: Heron
Specialized synonyms: Black-crowned Night Heron, Nycticorax Nycticorax, Nyctanassa Violacea, Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Lexicographical Neighbors of Night Heron
Literary usage of Night heron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1843)
"The night heron is a constant resident in the Southern States, ... The Night
Heron seldom advances very far into the country, but remains on the low swampy ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"Notes on the Black-crowned night heron in Western New York. According to all
published accounts the Black-crowned night heron ..."
3. Birds that Hunt and are Hunted: Life Histories of One Hundred and Seventy by Neltje Blanchan (1904)
"A night heron that was seen perching among the gray branches of a native beech
tree must have known how perfectly its coat blended with its surroundings, ..."
4. A History of British Birds by Thomas Bewick, Ralph Beilby, Henry Cotes (1816)
"THE night heron. LESSER ASH-COLOURED HERON, OR NIGHT RAVEN- (Ardea nycticorax,
Lin.—Le Bihoreau, Buff.) THE length of this bird is about twenty inches. ..."
5. American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. by Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine (1832)
"On the sea beach of Cape May, I found a few of them breeding among the cedars,
in company with the snowy heron, night heron, and green bittern. ..."
6. Audubon, the Naturalist in the New World: His Adventures and Discoveries by Horace St. John (1856)
"The night heron as well as the Snowy Heron closely resemble in their habits the
rest of the species, the Blue Heron emulating that of Louisiana, ..."
7. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"BLACK- CROWNED night heron. Bill about as long as tarsus. Adults: crown and back
black; wings and tail ashy gray ; forehead and throat creamy white, ..."
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