Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron

Description:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

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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. [edit] Behavior