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Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Nyctanassa violacea

Photo by DiegoAndino
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Field Notes

Description:

A night heron. Beautiful bird!

Habitat:

I found in Houston, Tx.

Reference Links:

Yellow-crowned Night-heron - Nyctanassa violacea - Overview, Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Species ID Suggestions

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Nyctanassa violacea
KathleenMcEachern
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Comments (1)
williefromwi
KathleenMcEachern beat me to the idea by less then a minute. she is 100% correct in her idea, this is a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron scientific name Nyctanassa violacea

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PublishedApril 18, 2013

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