Yellow-crowned night heron

Yellow-crowned night heron
Perched at a rookery in Cape May County
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Nyctanassa
Species:
N. violacea
Binomial name
Nyctanassa violacea
Range of N. violacea
  Breeding range
  Year-round range
  Wintering range
Synonyms
  • Ardea violacea Linnaeus, 1758
  • Nycticorax violaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)

The yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea), is one of two species of night heron in genus Nyctanassa. Unlike the black-crowned night heron, which has a worldwide distribution, the yellow-crowned is restricted to the Americas. It is known as the bihoreau violacé in French and the pedrete corona clara or yaboa común in some Spanish-speaking countries.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Nyctanassa violacea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22697203A132067766. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22697203A132067766.en. Retrieved November 12, 2021.