Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Where to see

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Nyctanassa violacea

Caroni Swamp leads · 17 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Caroni Swamp 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~50%
2 Utría National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~40%
3 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~30%
4 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~30%
5 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~30%
6 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
7 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
8 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
9 Galápagos Islands 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~20%
10 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
11 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
12 Ciénaga de Zapata 🇨🇺 Cuba
~20%
13 Machalilla National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~20%
14 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
15 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
16 Isla del Coco National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
17 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron?

Caroni Swamp

In Caroni Swamp, Trinidad and Tobago, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron sighting on a given day, the highest of the 17 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron?

Utría National Natural Park and more

After Caroni Swamp, the next-best odds of seeing a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron are in Utría National Natural Park (Colombia, about 40%), Channel Islands National Park (United States, about 30%) and Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 30%). Outside Central America, the best options are Utría National Natural Park in South America (about 40%) and Channel Islands National Park in North America (about 30%).

When is the best time to see a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are April, June and December in Caroni Swamp (about 70%), February and July in Utría National Natural Park (about 60%) and October and December–February in Channel Islands National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron on a given day. Each park's Yellow-crowned Night-Heron page has the full month-by-month chart.