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$Yellow-crowned Night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea) adult walking on mud below mangroves\$

On the beach of the Pacific

Yellow-crowned Night heron among cypress knees on the Silver River in Ocala, Florida.

Blue water foul standing in the marsh of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia.

A Yellow-crowned night-heron standing on a fence in Brazos Bend State Park in Texas.

At Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida.

Green heron in Hilton Head Island, Mithchellville Beach Park, South Carolina

This is a photograph of a Great Blue Heron perched on a mangrove tree looking for fish in the water in Merritt Island, Florida on a cloudy winter day.

Yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea) standing on a branch in a bush in Suriname

Heron's search for food in a marsh near the gulf coast of Texas

Majestic Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) captured in its nocturnal grace. Found in the Americas, this heron reveals its elegance against the backdrop of the night.

Yellow Crowned Night Heron J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge USA

Taxon name: Yellow-crowned Night-HeronTaxon scientific name: Nyctanassa violaceaLocation: Lido Beach, Sarasota, Florida - US State

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. Tower Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A Yellow-crowned night-heron at Brazos Bend State Park in Texas

crane bird standing in the marsh land

A yellow-crowned night heron wading in the salt marsh around sunset.

A blue heron searching for fish in a marsh.

Yellow-crowned night-heron in tropical wetlands

yellow crowned night heron

Yellow-crowned night heron in Trinidad and Tobago

Beautiful bird in Florida.

A Great Blue Heron seen at South Padre Island in Texas

A Bare-throated tiger-heron hunting in a pond on a beach in Costa Rica.

Black-crowned Night heron on the Silver River in Ocala, Florida.

a somewhat rarer species of heron in the north USA

Yellow-crowned night heron standing on a mangrove branch in Santay Island, Guayas, Ecuador, enjoying the sunlight filtering through the leaves

Yellow-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax violacea, Single bird in water, Baja California, Mexico, January 2020

The Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) is a pelecaniform bird of the Ardeidae family.It is also known as dorminhoco, matrião (some regions of the Amazon), sabacu, tamatião and taquiri (Pará) and socó-do-mangue.Its scientific name means: from the Greek nux = night; and anassa = queen, lady; and from the Latin violacea, viola = with the color of violet, violet. ⇒ Violet-colored Queen of the Night.This species measures 50 to 70 centimeters and weighs about 650 grams. The forehead is yellow or rust-colored, with the sides of the head black and a white post-ocular spot. The feathers on the back and wings are black, edged with gray, while the rest of the plumage is gray and the tarsi are long and yellowish. The robust beak varies in size according to its distribution area: if the prey in its habitat is large, then the beak will be large; otherwise, it will be somewhat smaller.

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