Nankeen Night-Heron at Moruya, NSW
Identification history
| Nycticorax caledonicus | 4 Dec 2025 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Nycticorax caledonicus | 2 Dec 2025 | CarbonAI | ||
| Nycticorax caledonicus | 2 Dec 2025 | LisaH |
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I've never seen a Nankeen Night-heron before. But on this day, I saw not one, but five! They flew heavily and restlessly between tree branches. I'm wondering whether this might be a family?
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Location information
- Places Moruya, NSW
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- LisaH Recorded by
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LisaH NatureMapr Latest Nycticorax caledonicus Colonial nesters (Herons, Cormorants, etc) Water birds Birds
Species information
- Nycticorax caledonicus Scientific name
- Nankeen Night-Heron Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 645m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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