Nycticorax caledonicus

Nankeen Night-Heron at Coombs, ACT

Nycticorax caledonicus at Coombs, ACT - 14 Jan 2024 10:42 AM
Nycticorax caledonicus at Coombs, ACT - 14 Jan 2024 10:42 AM
Nycticorax caledonicus at Coombs, ACT - 14 Jan 2024 10:42 AM
Nycticorax caledonicus at Coombs, ACT - 14 Jan 2024 10:42 AM
Nycticorax caledonicus at Coombs, ACT - 14 Jan 2024 10:42 AM
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Identification history

Nycticorax caledonicus 18 Jan 2024 Liam.m
Nycticorax caledonicus 18 Jan 2024 Liam.m
Unidentified 17 Jan 2024 Miranda

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User's notes

I don't know whether there's much hope of an an ID from these phone photos. The bird was shaped like a night heron or bittern. It was heing chased back and forth by a very noisy mob of cockatoos. In the last 2 photos the cockatoos can be seen in a group - the heron was about the same size.

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Additional information

  • False Nesting site

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
  • 142 images trained Machine learning

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