First record of Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea (Aves: Pelecaniformes: Ardeidae) from the Island of Madeira (NE Atlantic Ocean)

Correia-Fagundes, Catarina; Romano, Hugo; Zino, Francis J. A.; Biscoito, Manuel

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First record of Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea (Aves: Pelecaniformes: Ardeidae) from the Island of Madeira (NE Atlantic Ocean)

Correia-Fagundes, Catarina; Romano, Hugo; Zino, Francis J. A.; Biscoito, Manuel

URI: http://dspace.cm-funchal.pt:8080/jspui/handle/100/1161

Date: 2011

Abstract:

In the present paper Nyctanassa violacea is recorded for the first time from the island of Madeira, based on a series of observations of a single bird in the marina of Funchal, from March until December, 2011. This is the 3rd time this American bird is re

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