[order] CICONIIFORMES | [family] Ardeidae | [latin] Nycticorax nycticorax | [authority] Linnaeus, 1758 | [UK] Black-crowned Night-Heron | [FR] Bihoreau gris | [DE] Nachtreiher | [ES] Martinete Comun | [NL] Kwak Subspecies Monotypic species Genus Ixobrychus is a genus of bitterns, a group of wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae. It has a single […]