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Yellow-Crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) sunbathing, Darwin Beach, Genovesa, Galapagos Islands. Previous image cropped and resized.
Sunbathing is a method that birds use to drive parasites out of their plumage
Photo ID: GAL_7877_Yellow-Crowned_Night_Heron_(Nyctanassa_violacea)__Darwin_Bay__Genovesa__Feb_12_RECrsEA
Photo size: 16.9 Mpixels (48.3 MB uncompressed) - 3354x5031 pixels (11.2x16.8 in / 28.4x42.6 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Aves, avian fauna, avifauna, beak, bill, biology, bird, Butorides striatus, clean, Darwin Bay, Darwin Beach, Ecuador, Family Ardeidae, Galapagos, Galapagos Islands, Genovesa, groom, heron, Martin Grace, National Park, native, natural history, nature, night-heron, Nyctanassa violacea, ornithology, parasite, Parque Nacional Galapagos, preen, resident, sun, sunbathe, wilderness, wildlife, Yellow-Crowned Night Heron, zoology
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