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Yellow-Crowned Night Heron (Geelkruinkwak)




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Yellow-Crowned Night Heron - Nyctanassa violacea - Geelkruinkwak
East-USA to Peru and East-Brazil.

The following 5 subspecies are being recognized:
Nyctanassa violacea violacea - Central- and East-USA to East-Mexico and East-Costa Rica;
Nyctanassa violacea bancrofti - West-Mexico to West-Nicaragua, Socorro Island and West Indies;
Nyctanassa violacea caliginis - Panama and West-Colombia to Peru;
Nyctanassa violacea cayennensis - Panama and Northeast-Colombia to Northeast-Brazil;
Nyctanassa violacea pauper - Galápagos Islands.

Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.


Yellow-Crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea violacea
Yellow-Crowned Night Heron
Nyctanassa violacea violacea
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