The first photo of a Black-crowned Night-heron above was made by Foek Chin Joe in 2005, the second one by Stephan Ferrier in 2009, both along the coast in Suriname. Below the text a picture by J.H. Ribot, made in the zoo in Alphen in 1999. During the day time this bird often rests and hides in trees in wet places, mostly in groups. The night-herons can often be seen resting near the mouth of the Sommelsdijk creek in Paramaribo. They go feeding at dark, eating fishes and shells. They breed in nesting colonies in the mangrove, together with other herons.
Each small square indicates the observation of at least one (group) of these birds, the medium ones at least 4 observations on different days and the largest ones 10 or more. The color of each square indicates: blue for coastal area, yellow for savanna and red for rainforest. The bird hunts mainly by night. Its breeding colonies (mixed with herons) are found in mangrove stands and count hundreds of nests.
Photo of a young bird by J.H. Ribot, Alphen 1999.
| Distribution in Suriname (explanation) | |
| Coastal area |  |
| Savanna |  |
| Forests | |
| Mountain forests | |
| Sipalawini savanna | |
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