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Yellow-crowned Night Heron Range Map

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Range Map for Yellow-crowned Night Heron

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Migration

Resident to medium-distance migrant. Atlantic Coast breeders move along the coast or winter in the West Indies, while Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coast populations probably move across the Gulf of Mexico or along the coast to Central and South America.

Map data are provided by NatureServe in collaboration with Robert Ridgely, James Zook, The Nature Conservancy - Migratory Bird Program, Conservation International - CABS, World Wildlife Fund - US, and Environment Canada - WILDSPACE.

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Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns(Order: Pelecaniformes, Family: Ardeidae)

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