Yellow-crowned Night Heron
(Nyctanassa violacea)
Photographed at Runaway Bay, Jamaica Aug 2013
Holguin, Cuba Mar 2018
Holguin, Cuba Mar 2018
Yellow-crowned
Night-Herons live in or near wetlands—on the coast along islands, mangroves, and
barrier beaches; farther inland in wooded swamps, forested uplands, and lakes
and rivers, sometimes near residential areas. They usually nest in small
colonies, sometimes with other wading birds, and forage along tidal marshes, in
tide pools and the shores of water bodies where crustaceans are abundant.
Adults are about
24 in long and weigh 22.0 oz. They have a white crown and back with
the remainder of the body grayish, red eyes and short yellow legs. They have a
white stripe below the eye. Juveniles resemble young Black-crowned
Night-Herons, being mainly brown flecked with white or gray.
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