Adult Black Crowned Night Heron is a piece of digital artwork by Bob and Nadine Johnston which was uploaded on January 11th, 2015.
Adult Black Crowned Night Heron
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Title
Adult Black Crowned Night Heron
Artist
Bob and Nadine Johnston
Medium
Digital Art - Painted Using 17 Styles Of Brushes - On Blank Canvas
Description
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The black-crowned night heron is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia (where it is replaced by the closely related rufous night heron, with which it has hybridized in the area of contact.
Adults are approximately 25 in long and weigh 28 oz. They have a black crown and back with the remainder of the body white or grey, red eyes, and short yellow legs. They have pale grey wings and white under parts. Two or three long white plumes, erected in greeting and courtship displays, extend from the back of the head. The sexes are similar in appearance although the males are slightly larger. Black-crowned night herons do not fit the typical body form of the heron family. They are relatively stocky with shorter bills, legs, and necks than their more familiar cousins, the egrets and "day" herons. Their resting posture is normally somewhat hunched but when hunting they extend their necks and look more like other wading birds.
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January 11th, 2015
