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Immature © Christoph Moning
Adult © Oscar Johnson
Juvenile © K Shell
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Adult © Josephine Kalbfleisch
Adult © David Clark
Adult © Ryan Sanderson
Habitat © Rob Bielawski

Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea

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Often inconspicuous heron, roosts in trees by day. Feeds nocturnally, specializing on crabs. Adults have bold black-and-white head pattern and gray body. Brown immatures similar to Black-crowned Night-Heron. Yellow-crowned has longer legs and neck; thicker bill. Legs project beyond the tail in flight. Juvenile Yellow-crowned has smaller white spots on wing coverts than Black-crowned.

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