night raven

English Thesaurus

1. any bird that cries at night (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	night bird,
definition	:	any bird associated with night: owl; nightingale; nighthawk; etc (noun.animal)

2. nocturnal or crepuscular herons (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	heron,
definition	:	grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	black-crowned night heron, nycticorax nycticorax,
definition	:	night heron of both Old and New Worlds (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	nyctanassa violacea, yellow-crowned night heron,
definition	:	North American night heron (noun.animal)