Herons (Ardeidae)
White-backed Night-heron (Nycticorax leuconotus) - HBW 1, p. 420
French: Bihoreau à dos blanc
German: Weißrückenreiher
Spanish: Martinete Encapuchado
Taxonomy: Ardea leuconotus Wagler, 1827, Senegambia.
Frequently placed in genus Gorsachius, but is apparently closer to N. nycticorax; formerly treated in separate genus Calherodius. Birds of South Africa occasionally differentiated in race natalensis. Monotypic.
Distribution: Scattered populations in Africa S of Sahara, from Senegal to N Angola, and through Zaire to Tanzania; S from Zambia and N Botswana to E South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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2 birds looking what we are doing Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 15 September 2010 1 year ago 1 min 4 sec 4 -
An adult roosting in dense vegetation in a small river island Locality Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 26 July 1998 5 years ago 43 sec 3.2
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Bird on a branch in dense bush over river bank
Locality Liwonde National Park, Southern Region, Malawi
Roland Bischoff 6 November 2007 1 year ago 4 -
Adult in riparian forest.
Locality Shakawe, North-West District, Botswana (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 17 November 2011 9 weeks ago 3.7 -
bird on river bank looking back
Locality Liwonde National Park, Southern Region, Malawi
Roland Bischoff 6 November 2007 1 year ago 3.7 -
An elusive bird in the mangroves
Locality Tendaba, Lower River Division , The Gambia
Frank Derriks 18 November 2008 3 years ago 1.7
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