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Photo: ramidos, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0Herons & egrets · Ardeidae
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Highest confidence 0.98
The Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) is a confirmed bird of Baner, Pune. Earth Pulse's two recorders have confirmed it in 111 recordings on 78 days since 4 Apr 2026, with a highest BirdNET confidence of 0.98. It is heard in 0.9% of recordings, most often around 03:00 IST, and was last confirmed on 12 Oct 2026.
Black-crowned Night-Heron in Pune: questions and answers
Is the Black-crowned Night-Heron found in Pune?
The Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) is a confirmed bird of Baner, Pune. Earth Pulse's two recorders have confirmed it in 111 recordings on 78 days since 4 Apr 2026, with a highest BirdNET confidence of 0.98. It is heard in 0.9% of recordings, most often around 03:00 IST, and was last confirmed on 12 Oct 2026.
When is the best time to hear the Black-crowned Night-Heron in Baner, Pune?
It is heard most often around 03:00 IST. At dawn (05:00–07:59) it is confirmed in 0.5 of every 100 recordings, at night (20:00–04:59) in 3.2, against 0.9 over the whole day. Rates are per recording, so the extra recordings made at dawn and dusk do not inflate them.
Is the Black-crowned Night-Heron a resident or a migrant in Pune?
Resident (provisional, from field guides for the Pune region; not yet reviewed for Baner).
How sure is Earth Pulse that it heard the Black-crowned Night-Heron?
Every detection on this page scored 0.70 or more in BirdNET (confirmed). Its highest confidence is 0.98 and the median of its confirmed detections 0.82; 21% scored 0.90 or more. Lower-scoring results (0.15 to 0.70) are stored but not published; they can be downloaded after signing in on the data page.
Charts, the presence calendar and the latest detections load from the hourly snapshot. All birds of Pune.