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Updated 10/4/2013

Family Ardeidae

HAWAII

Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli

Kahe Point, Oahu

Subadult, Oahu Club, Hawaii Kai


Hamakua Marsh, Kailua, Oahu

BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON    'AUKU'U

Common along the water's edge, inland or coastal.  This subspecies occurs in the Main Hawaiian Islands & the Americas.