Nyctanassa

Nyctanassa
Yellow-crowned night heron (N. violacea)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Subfamily: Ardeinae
Genus: Nyctanassa
Stejneger, 1887
Type species
Ardea violacea
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

N. carcinocatactes (extinct)
N. violacea

Nyctanassa is a genus of night herons from the Americas, especially (but not exclusively) warmer coastal regions. They were formerly included in the genus Nycticorax, but today all major authorities recognize them as distinct.