Nyctanassa violacea
English: A Yellow-crowned Night Heron with food at Davis Island, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Date 5 January 2011, 07:52
Source Bird With Snail 1
Author Gordon Tarpley http://www.flickr.com/photos/39361795@N00 from Tampa, USA
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nyctanassa_violacea_-Davis_Island,_Tampa,_Florida,_USA-8a.jpg

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. A related heron, the Bermuda night heron, was endemic to Bermuda, but became extinct following human colonisation.
Order: Pelecaniformes (pelicans, herons and ibises)
Family: Ardeidae (egrets, herons, bitterns)
Genus: Nyctanassa
Species: Nyctanassa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms:
Nycticorax violaceus