yellow-crowned night heron
- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Chordata
- class: Aves
- order: Pelecaniformes
- family: Ardeidae
- genus: Nycticorax
- species: Nycticorax violaceus
- Mulegé
Baja California- Acacoyagua
- Paredón
Chiapas- Guasave
Sinaloa- Bahía de Kino
Sonora
Mexico- Florence
South Carolina- Nashville
Tennessee- Bloomington
- Navasota
Texas
United States