Black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Tobago Plantations, Tobago
One inhabitant of the mangrove swamps, at least during daylight hours, is the black-crowned night-heron. This juvenile is distinguished from the very similar yellow-crowned juvenile by the more boldly spotted wing coverts, the yellow lower mandible and the paler crown. A cosmopolitan species, found in every continent except Australasia.
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Black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Tobago Plantations, Tobago
One inhabitant of the mangrove swamps, at least during daylight hours, is the black-crowned night-heron. This juvenile is distinguished from the very similar yellow-crowned juvenile by the more boldly spotted wing coverts, the yellow lower mandible and the paler crown. A cosmopolitan species, found in every continent except Australasia.
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