Parent: Nyctanassa

└─ Nyctanassa violacea (Yellow-crowned night-heron)

└─── Nyctanassa violacea bancrofti

└─── Nyctanassa violacea caliginis

└─── Nyctanassa violacea cayennensis

└─── Nyctanassa violacea pauper

└─── Nyctanassa violacea violacea