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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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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Ardea violacea.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 324221
  Adult
Río Tárcoles
Puntarenas
Costa Rica
01/09/2017
Marcos Augusto Lartigau
Foto
Photography ID: 194110
  Juvenile
Puerto Jiménez
Puntarenas
Costa Rica
02/09/2017
Sebastián Martín Santiago
Foto
Photography ID: 139871
  Adult
Tárcoles
Puntarenas
Costa Rica
01/30/2016
Carlos Schmidt



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
204819525/02/2024Costa RicaPuntarenasParque Nacional CorcovadoMarcelo Gavensky
67937912/01/2018Costa RicaPuntarenasParque Nacional Marino Ballena4Luis Cesar Tejo
67687612/01/2018Costa RicaPuntarenasParque Nacional Marino Ballena6Daniela Espinosa
55218109/02/2017Costa RicaPuntarenasPuerto JiménezSebastián Martín Santiago
58682412/01/2017Costa RicaPuntarenasDesembocadura del río TárcolesLuis Cesar Tejo
90204009/01/2017Costa RicaPuntarenasRío TárcolesMarcos Augusto Lartigau
53823808/01/2017Costa RicaPuntarenasTárcolesMarcos Augusto Lartigau
40712530/01/2016Costa RicaPuntarenasTárcolesCarlos Schmidt
34964812/09/2012Costa RicaPuntarenasParque Nacional Manuel AntonioHugo Caverzasi
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 22/03/2026.