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Scientific Name
Nyctanassa violacea
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Nyctanassa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park
Gettysburg National Military Park (GETT)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
Yellow-crowned night-heron
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
KingdomAnimalia
SubkingdomBilateria
Infrakingdom Deuterostomia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
Infraphylum Gnathostomata
SuperclassTetrapoda
ClassAves
OrderPelecaniformes
FamilyArdeidae
GenusNyctanassa
SpeciesNyctanassa violacea
Occurrence
Present
Nativeness
Native
Nativeness Notes
Data Source: Brad Ross, author of Yahner et al., 2001. NPBIB-548453.
Abundance
Occasional
Abundance Notes
Data Source: Brad Ross, author of Yahner et al., 2001. NPBIB-548453.
Management Tags
  • Management Priority
    State Status: Endangered--Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program, 8/6/2004.
Seasonality Tags
  • Vagrant
    Data Source: Brad Ross, author of Yahner et al., 2001. NPBIB-548453.
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
0
References
1
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
JSK
Created Date
12/16/1999 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
Jennifer Stingelin Keefer
Last Modified Date
8/6/2004 12:00:00 AM
Notes
Park Species Data Source: Yahner et al., 2001. NPBIB-548453., Accepted Detail: Brad Ross, author of Yahner et al., 2001. NPBIB-548453.
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