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Nyctanassa violacea
Adults are about 61 cm (24 in) long and weigh 625 g (22.0 oz). 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.
A nocturnal heron of the southern swamps and coasts, the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron can also be found breeding along wooded streams northward to Indiana and Illinois.
Classification Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Ardeidae Genus: Nyctanassa
Spotted on Sep 28, 2014
Submitted on Sep 30, 2014
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