Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron
Nyctanassa violacea
27.9506, -82.4572
Field Notes
Description:
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Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned night heron at a pond in Tarpon Springs, FL.
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Subclass:
Neornithes
Infraclass:
Neognathae
Superorder:
Neoaves
Order:
Pelecaniformes
Family:
Ardeidae
Genus:
Nyctanassa
Species:
N. violacea
Binomial name
Nyctanassa violacea
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Nycticorax violaceus
The Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea, formerly placed in the genus Nycticorax), also called the American Night Heron or squawk, is a fairly small heron, similar in appearance to the Black-crowned Night Heron. It is found throughout a large part of the Americas, especially (but not exclusively) in warmer coastal regions; an example occurrence is the Petenes mangroves of the Yucatan.
Habitat:
Adults are about 61 cm long and weigh 625 g. They have a white crown and back with the remainder of the body grayish, red eyes and short yellow legs. They have a white stripe below the eye. Juveniles resemble young Black-crowned Night-Herons, being mainly brown flecked with white or gray.
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