Title

Black-crowned Night-heron

Caption

Black-crowned Night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) adult, breeding plumage, walking in shallow water on mudflats, Mai Po Marshes Reserve, Deep Bay, New Territories, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Date

Jan 29, 2016

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/John Holmes

Reference

BRK22G01_320

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (675,7Kb) / 17,7in x 11,8in / 5315 x 3543 (300dpi)

Keywords

Ardeidae Aves Bird Birds Black crowned night heron Black crowned night herons Black-crowned night heron China Chinese Ciconiiformes East Asia Heron Herons Hong Kong Mudflats Night Herons Nycticoracinae Nycticorax nycticorax Pelecaniformes People's Republic of China Shallow water area South China Sea Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong adult adult animal adult animals alternate plumage animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild bay bays behavior behaviour bird photography body of water breeding dress breeding plumage cala coast coastal area coastal areas coastal region coasts cove fauna go going habitat herons hike hikes hiking lateral lateral view mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time mature matures mud muddy natural environment natural environments natural habitat nuptial plumage ocean out outdoor outdoors outside rutting season shallow shallow water shallow waters side view side views sideview sidewards sideways social behavior social behaviour social behaviours walk wetland wetlands wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Asia China Seas Pacific Pacific Ocean Wadden Sea aquatic bird flat intertidal zone mudflat mudflat landscape tideland tidelands water water bird water birds waterfowl waters