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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: 184333
  Adult
Pantanos de Villa
Lima
Peru
01/07/2017
Rutger Koperdraad
Foto
Photography ID: 143420
  Adult
Pantanos de Villa
Lima
Peru
03/19/2016
Rutger Koperdraad
Foto
Photography ID: 105554
  Adult
Pantano de Villa
Lima
Peru
03/16/2012
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 98397
  Adult
Pantano de Villa
Lima
Peru
05/15/2015
Rutger Koperdraad
Foto
Photography ID: 87575
  Adult
Pantano de Villa
Lima
Peru
03/08/2015
Rutger Koperdraad



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
132104329/11/2020PeruLimaRefugio de Vida Silvestre Los Pantanos de VillaRutger Koperdraad
118297725/01/2020PeruLimaRefugio de Vida Silvestre Pantanos de VillaRutger Koperdraad
86544105/01/2019PeruLimaRefugio de Vida Silvestre Pantanos de VillaRutger Koperdraad
105664619/11/2018PeruLimaRefugio de Vida Silvestre Los Pantanos de Villa4Julian Quillen Vidoz
74868721/04/2018PeruLimaPantanos de Villa, LimaRutger Koperdraad
71237511/03/2018PeruLimaPantanos de VillaRutger Koperdraad
69352428/01/2018PeruLimaRefugio de Vida Silvestre Pantanos de Villa5Juan Chalco
67044307/01/2018PeruLimaLaguna Marvilla, Refugio de Vida Silvestre Pantanos de VillaRutger Koperdraad
52462707/01/2017PeruLimaPantanos de VillaRutger Koperdraad
49989606/11/2016PeruLimaRefugio de Vida Silvestre Pantanos de VillaRutger Koperdraad
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 18/03/2026.