Kevin Schafer / Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) juvenile, Tower Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) perched in tree, Machalilla National Park, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) calling from perch, Texas

Tom Vezo / Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) wading among Mangrove roots, Florida

Jim Brandenburg / Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea), Florida

Steve Gettle / Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea), J. N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Florida