Nankeen night heron

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• Nankeen Night Heron — Conservation status Least Concern ( …   Wikipedia

• nankeen night heron — noun a common small nocturnal heron, Nycticorax caledonicus, with rufous upper parts and wings, found in Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand. Also, rufous night heron …  

• nankeen night heron — noun see nankeen bird …   Useful english dictionary

• Bonin Nankeen Night Heron — Bonin Night Heron Conservation status Extinct (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• night heron — /ˈnaɪt hɛrən / (say nuyt heruhn) noun any of certain thick billed herons of crepuscular or nocturnal habits, of the genus Nycticorax and allied genera, as the nankeen night heron, Nycticorax caledonicus …  

• Réunion Night Heron — Conservation status Extinct (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• rufous night heron — noun → nankeen night heron …  

• Nankeen — Nankeen, also called Nankeen cloth, is a kind of pale yellowish cloth, originally made at Nanjing from a yellow variety of cotton, but subsequently manufactured from ordinary cotton which is then dyed. Also in the plural a piece or variety of… …   Wikipedia

• heron — /her euhn/, n. any of numerous long legged, long necked, usually long billed birds of the family Ardeidae, including the true herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns. [1275 1325; ME heiro(u)n, hero(u)n < MF hairon (F héron) < Gmc; cf. OHG… …   Universalium

• Heron — /hear on/, n. Hero (def. 2). * * * Any of about 60 species of long legged wading birds in the same family (Ardeidae) as egrets and bitterns. They are found worldwide but are most common in the tropics. They wade in the shallow waters of pools,… …   Universalium

• nankeen bird — noun or nankeen night heron : an Australian night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus) …   Useful english dictionary