Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Ardeidae .
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Examples
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Two herons are uncommon elsewhere in Amazonia (Egretta tricolor and Nyctanassa violacea).
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Other birds that utilize this ecoregion are yellow-crowned night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea), neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus), yucatan parrot (Amazona xantholora), Yucatán bobwhite (Colinus nigrogularis), and zenaida dove (Zenaida aurita).
Petenes mangroves 2009
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A juvenile yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea
xenogere 2008
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