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Black-crowned Night-Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax - Adult - Male

Scan ID: 60295

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FEATHER SCAN DATA

Feather Metadata		Feather Total Length		Feather Vane Length
Specimen Number:	BRD 2732	Feather 1: (P10)	24.0 cm	Feather 1: (P10)	21.3 cm
Common Name:	Black-crowned Night-Heron	Feather 2: (P9)	25.8 cm	Feather 2: (P9)	21.8 cm
Latin Name:	Nycticorax nycticorax	Feather 3: (P8)	26.5 cm	Feather 3: (P8)	22.3 cm
Order:	Pelecaniformes	Feather 4: (P7)	27.7 cm	Feather 4: (P7)	22.5 cm
Family:	Ardeidae	Feather 5: (P6)	25.5 cm	Feather 5: (P6)	21.3 cm
Feather Type:	Remiges	Feather 6: (P5)	25.0 cm	Feather 6: (P5)	20.5 cm
Sex:	Male	Feather 7:	23.1 cm	Feather 7:	19.0 cm
Age:	Adult	Feather 8:	19.6 cm	Feather 8:	16.8 cm
County:	Unknown	Feather 9:	19.8 cm	Feather 9:	16.9 cm
State:	Unknown	Feather 10:	19.7 cm	Feather 10:	17.3 cm
Country:	Unknown	Feather 11:	20.2 cm	Feather 11:	17.2 cm
Institution:	National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Lab	Feather 12:	19.0 cm	Feather 12:	16.5 cm

ADDITIONAL IMAGES OF Black-crowned Night-Heron

Common Name	Latin Name	Feather Type	Sex	Age
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	Rectrices	Male	Adult
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	Remiges	Male	Adult
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	Rectrices	Male	Juvenile
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	Primaries	Male	Juvenile
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	Secondaries	Male	Juvenile