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Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Yaboa Común
Nyctanassa violacea
The yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea) is one of two species of night heron in the genus Nyctanassa. Unlike the black-crowned night heron, which has a worldwide distribution, the yellow-crowned is restricted to the Americas. It is known as the bihoreau violacé in French and the pedrete corona clara or yaboa común in some Spanish-speaking countries.
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Sound recorded by Ricardo José Mitidieri · XC745248 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.
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About the Yellow-crowned Night Heron
This atlas includes Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) with atlas status “Native / natural occurrence” within scope “Avibase inferred core 380.” Global trait data associate it primarily with coastal; consult the linked records to resolve its Puerto Rico habitat use.
Conservation
Least Concern
IUCN LC
- Global IUCN
- LC
- Puerto Rico DNER
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Federal ESA
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Critical habitat
- Not identified in source crosswalk
Natural history
How it lives
- Habitat
- coasts
- Elevation
- 0–1000 m
- Nest
- Shrub / bush / vine; Tree
- Clutch
- 2–8 eggs
- Social behavior
- Colonial; Solitary
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