Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Nyctanassa violacea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPelecaniformes (Pelicaniformes)
- FamilyArdeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns)
- GenusNyctanassa (Yellow-crowned and Bermuda Night Herons)
- SpeciesNyctanassa violacea (Yellow-crowned Night-Heron)
Closest Relatives at Machalilla National Park
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoi
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Striated Heron
Butorides striata
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
Rufescent Tiger Heron
Tigrisoma lineatum
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Machalilla National Park?
About 33% of visitor-days record a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron sighting in Machalilla National Park, based on 301 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Machalilla National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Machalilla National Park in our monthly data.