Residentin small numbers.unts in downstream of Asakawa River in 1990s, only severalbirds have recently been recorded in a year. As its English name gNightHeronh suggests, the species is usually active at night, but we sometimessee the species flying during daytime. Juvenile: Dark brown, spotted andstreaked with buff; called gHoshi Goih in Japanese meaning gStar-spangledNight Heron.h
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