[Length 26 in. Wingspan 36 in.]

This Tricolored Heron in flight was photographed at the Convention Center gardens, South Padre Island, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 3, 2013)

[Length 26 in. Wingspan 36 in.]

This Tricolored Heron in flight was photographed at Scarlet Colley's birds and dolphins boat trip, Port Isabel, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: April 5, 2016)

[Length 26 in. Wingspan 36 in.]

This Tricolored Heron was photographed at Estero Llano Grande State Park, Weslaco, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: December 5, 2016)

[Length 26 in. Wingspan 36 in.]

This Tricolored Heron was photographed at the SPI Convention Center gardens, South Padre Island, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 07, 2018)

[Length 26 in. Wingspan 36 in.]

This Tricolored Heron was photographed at the SPI Convention Center gardens, South Padre Island, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 07, 2018)

[Length 24 in. Wingspan 42 in.]

This adult Yellow-crowned Night-Heron was photographed at Anahuac NWR, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: April 25, 2006)

[Length 24 in. Wingspan 42 in.]

This immature Yellow-crowned Night-Heron was photographed at Achiote Road (Providencia), Colon, Panama. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: August 5, 2011)

[Length 24 in. Wingspan 42 in.]

This immature Yellow-crowned Night-Heron was photographed at Brigantine NWR, New Jersey, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: September 1983)

[Length 24 in. Wingspan 42 in.]

This Yellow-crowned Night-Heron was photographed at Stone Harbor, New Jersey, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: April 1987)