English

Noun

night-raven ‎(plural night-ravens)

1. A bird active at night, sometimes identified with a specific species such as a night owl or nightjar, and sometimes seen as a separate animal in its own right.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:

     sad Horrour with grim hew, / Did alwayes sore, beating his yron wings; / And after him Owles and Night-rauens flew, / The hatefull messengers of heauy things [...].

See also

• Nycticorax