Nyctanassa violacea Linnaeus 1758 (yellow-crowned night heron)
Reptilia - Natatores - Ardeidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 289716
Alternative combinations: Ardea violacea, Nycticorax violaceus
Synonym: Larus vero Shufeldt 1917 (taxon 54115)
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Nyctanassa according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
Sister taxon: Nyctanassa carcinocatactes
Ecology: volant piscivore