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Nyctanassa violacea
Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Virgin Islands National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Uncommon

Scientific Name with Authority:		Nyctanassa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Pelecaniformes, Family Ardeidae, Genus Nyctanassa, Species Nyctanassa violacea


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:
Evidence:		0 Observations, 1 Vouchers, 3 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Amistad National Recreation Area
Assateague Island National Seashore	Big Bend National Park
Big Cypress National Preserve	Big Thicket National Preserve
Biscayne National Park	Blue Ridge Parkway
Buck Island Reef National Monument	Buffalo National River
Canaveral National Seashore	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Castillo De San Marcos National Monument	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Colonial National Historical Park
Congaree National Park	Cumberland Island National Seashore
Dry Tortugas National Park	East Potomac Park
Everglades National Park	Fire Island National Seashore
Fort Caroline National Memorial	Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Fort Matanzas National Monument	Gateway National Recreation Area
George Washington Carver National Monument	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Gettysburg National Military Park	Great Falls Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Indiana Dunes National Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Natchez Trace Parkway
National Capital Parks-East	Ninety Six National Historic Site
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Padre Island National Seashore
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park	Rock Creek Park
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial	Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Vicksburg National Military Park	Wilson's Creek National Battlefield


Last Modified Date:	9/16/2005

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/26/2025 4:33:37 PM

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