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Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Nyctanassa violacea
(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
Garza Nocturna
Savacu-de-coroa
Family: Ardeidae
Order: Pelecaniformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Records from Isla San Cristóbal

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Ardea violacea.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 668300
  Adult
Isla San Cristóbal
Islas Galápagos
Ecuador
05/17/2012
Eugenia Boggiano
Foto
Photography ID: 668299
  Adult
Isla San Cristóbal
Islas Galápagos
Ecuador
05/17/2012
Eugenia Boggiano
Foto
Photography ID: 560840
  Juvenile
Isla San Cristóbal
Islas Galápagos
Ecuador
10/18/2023
Alejandra Pons
Foto
Photography ID: 560839
  Adult
Isla San Cristóbal
Islas Galápagos
Ecuador
10/18/2023
Alejandra Pons
Foto
Photography ID: 548629
  Adult
Isla San Cristóbal
Islas Galápagos
Ecuador
07/25/2023
Jorge La Grotteria



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
193301418/10/2023EcuadorIslas GalápagosPlaya Los Marinos, Isla San CristóbalAlejandra Pons
182528331/07/2023EcuadorIslas GalápagosPlaya Mann, Isla San Cristóbal1Lucio La Grotteria
180453131/07/2023EcuadorIslas GalápagosPlaya Mann, Isla San Cristóbal1Jorge La Grotteria
182484025/07/2023EcuadorIslas GalápagosIsla San Cristóbal1Lucio La Grotteria
179806725/07/2023EcuadorIslas GalápagosIsla San Cristóbal1Jorge La Grotteria
69495820/11/2017EcuadorIslas GalápagosIsla San CristóbalDora Virginia Montenegro
241815017/05/2012EcuadorIslas GalápagosPuerto Baquerizo Moreno, Isla San Cristóbal1Eugenia Boggiano
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 15/03/2026.