夜鹭 Traditional form: 夜鷺 Pinyin (reading): yèlù Definitions: (bird species of China) black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) Characters: 夜 - night, dark; under cover of night 鹭 - heron, egret; Ardea species (various) Traditional characters: 夜 - night, dark; under cover of night 鷺 - heron, egret; Ardea species (various)