Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) by alabang, on Flickr

The Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), commonly abbreviated to just Night Heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia (where it is replaced by the closely related Rufous Night Heron, with which it has hybridized in the area of contact).

Source: Black-crowned Night Heron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Location: Valenzuela, Philippines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Settings: 1/640 ƒ/5.6 ISO 640 800mm