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 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Pinnated Bittern
Botaurus pinnatus
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Fasciated Tiger Heron
Tigrisoma fasciatum
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Bare-throated Tiger Heron
Tigrisoma mexicanum
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Boat-billed Heron
Cochlearius cochlearius
Green Ibis
Mesembrinibis cayennensis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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