White-backed night-heron are secretive nocturnal residents in St Lucia.
During the day time they roost in dense, impenetrable stands of vegetation overhanging wetlands or bordering water bodies.
At night time they emerge to hunt aquatic organisms in shallow wetlands, often favouring flooded sections of road where these organisms are more exposed.
During the day time they roost in dense, impenetrable stands of vegetation overhanging wetlands or bordering water bodies.
At night time they emerge to hunt aquatic organisms in shallow wetlands, often favouring flooded sections of road where these organisms are more exposed.
They have nested in the thick Lagoon hibiscus bordering the Lake St Lucia narrows in the past, affording excellent photographic opportunities via the St Lucia estuary boat cruises.