Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae Status: Vagrant to Madeira

Nyctanassa violacea Biometrics

Wingspan: 107 cm (Dunn & Alderfer, 2011)
Total length: 61 cm (Dunn & Alderfer, 2011)

Status

Madeira local status by Correia-Fagundes et al, 2021: Only 1 record
Madeira local status by Correia-Fagundes et al, 2011: Only 1 record
Conservation status by the IUCN Red List Categories, 2013: Least Concern ver 3.1

Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea

Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea

Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea

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