yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea)

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Subject:	yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
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The birds of America - from drawings made in the United States and their territories (1840) (14751434942).jpg

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yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea)

Yellow-crowned Night Heron Ardea violacea, now Nyctanassa violacea
Title: The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories
Year: 1840 (1840s)
Authors: John James Audubon, 1785-1851; John T. Bowen, ca. 1801-1856?, lithographer
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_birds_of_America_-_from_drawings_made_in_the_United_States_and_their_territories_(1840)_(14751434942).jpg

The yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea) is one of two species of night herons found in the Americas. It winters where the climate allows for year-round crab activity: tropical and subtropical regions, south Florida, the Gulf Coast (Louisiana to Alabama), and the eastern Texas coast. It is also found in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America (south to Peru and Brazil in coastal regions) where generally resident.

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