Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Nyctanassa violacea

Spanish: Pedrete corona clara

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
Photographed by mora17918 on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

The yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea, formerly in the genus Nycticorax), is one of two species of night herons found in the Americas, the other one being the black-crowned night heron. It is known as the Bihoreau Violacé in French and the Pedrete Corona Clara in Spanish.

TaxonomyAves › Pelecaniformes › Ardeidae
Local records230 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records86,811 on iNaturalist
Most recent records2026 – 2026
Months of the 8 most recent records
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Cite as: “Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/nyctanassa-violacea/, updated 2026-10-18. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.