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Yellow Crowned Night Heron

Nyctanassa violacea

Photo by pennymomof2
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Beautiful bird sitting in a tree overlooking water

Habitat:

Coastal wetlands

Reference Links:

Yellow-crowned Night Heron, NatureWorks - Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Species ID Suggestions

Ardea cinerea?
eulalia rubio
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Comments (3)
alicelongmartin
Another really nice series! We don't get a lot of yellow crowned herons.
ScottRasmussen
Yellow crowned night heron? http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/yellowcrownednightheron.htm

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PublishedDecember 17, 2011

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