black-crowned night heron
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of black-crowned night heron
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
Example Sentences
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The black-crowned night heron is widespread across Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe but has now been spotted at National Trust's Holnicote Estate, near Minehead.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
You might also see a green or great blue heron, or a black-crowned night heron.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024
It was 5:28 A.M., and a black-crowned night heron hunched into its pale-gray wings.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 27, 2019
He continues to straighten out struggling players on the local high school team, spotting a dysfunctional club as easily as a veteran birdist recognizes a black-crowned night heron.
From Golf Digest ● Jun. 26, 2017
And some early evening, go to the northern tip of Manhattan and listen for the black-crowned night heron, darting or hunched and hungry, just as in the painting.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2014
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