night heron

English

Noun

night heron (plural night herons)

1. Any of the nocturnal species of herons of the genera Nycticorax, Nyctanassa, and Gorsachius.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Ascension night heron
• black-crowned night heron
• Japanese night heron
• Malayan night heron
• Malaysian night heron

• Mauritius night heron
• nankeen night heron
• Niue night heron
• rufous night heron
• white-backed night heron

Translations

species of heron

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 夜鷺／夜鹭 (zh) (yèlù), 夜鹭 (zh) (yèlù)

• French: bihoreau (fr) m
• German: Nachtreiher (de) m
• Japanese: 五位鷺 (ゴイサギ, goisagi)
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• Lithuanian: naktìkovas m
• Polish: ślepowron m
• Russian: кваква (ru) f (kvakva)
• Spanish: martinete m
• Tagalog: bakaw-gabi