Black-crowned Night Heron Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

Calls (American)
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New York, September 08, 2009Recorded by Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library
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California, March 31, 2013Recorded by Bruce Rideout / Macaulay Library
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Florida, March 12, 2007Recorded by Gerrit Vyn / Macaulay Library
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Florida, March 25, 1962Recorded by Randolph Little / Macaulay Library
Calls (Eurasian)
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Mahajanga, July 17, 1987Recorded by Lucienne Wilmé / Macaulay Library

Sounds provided by Macaulay Library.
Listen to more sounds of this species from the ML archive.

Calls

Black-crowned Night Herons give a barking squawk when disturbed. Males give a hissing plup to attract females. When parents arrive at the nest with food they give a series of guttural notes followed by a raspy woc-a-woc call. They also give harsh screams and hoarse clucks.

Other Sounds

While greeting their mates or mating, Black-crowned Night Herons sometimes rattle their bills.

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Species in This Family

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns(Order: Pelecaniformes, Family: Ardeidae)

American Bittern

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

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