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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Ardeidae.

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Examples

  • Two herons are uncommon elsewhere in Amazonia (Egretta tricolor and Nyctanassa violacea).

    Tocantins-Araguaia-Maranhão moist forests 2008

  • 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

  • A juvenile yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea

    xenogere 2008

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