Night-raven

Full definition of night-raven

Noun

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 ....