Common Names
Common Names in English:
Black Crowned Night-Heron, Black-Crowned Night-Heron
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
(
)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
)
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
)
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
)
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
(
)
- Bonaparte, 1854
- Albatrosses, Alcids
- Suborder:
Ciconii
(
)
-
- Infraorder:
Ciconiides
(
)
-
- Parvorder:
Ciconiida
(
)
- Superfamily:
Ardeoidea
(
)
- Vigors, 1825
- Family:
Ardeidae
(
)
- Leach, 1820
- Genus:
Nycticorax
(
)
- T. Forster, 1817
- Specific name:
nycticorax
- Subspecies:
hoactli
- Scientific name: - Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli (Gmelin) 1789
- Subspecies:
hoactli
- Specific name:
nycticorax
- Genus:
Nycticorax
(
- Family:
Ardeidae
(
- Superfamily:
Ardeoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Ciconiida
(
- Infraorder:
Ciconiides
(
- Suborder:
Ciconii
(
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 24, 1996.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Nycticorax
There are approximately 37 species in this genus:
N. caledonicus (Rufous Night-Heron) · N. caledonicus caledonicus · N. caledonicus cancrivorus · N. caledonicus crassirostris · N. caledonicus hilli · N. caledonicus mandibularis · N. caledonicus manillensis · N. caledonicus pelewensis · N. caledonicus ssp · N. cyanocephalus · N. duboisi (RÉunion Night-Heron) · N. goisagi · N. kalavikai · N. leuconotus · N. magnifica · N. magnificus · N. mauritianus (Mauritius Night-Heron) · N. megacephalus (Rodrigues Night-Heron) · N. melanolophus · N. minahassae · N. nycticorax (Black-Crowned Night Heron) · N. nycticorax cyanocephalus · N. nycticorax falklandicus · N. nycticorax hoactli (Black Crowned Night-Heron) · N. nycticorax hoartli · N. nycticorax naevius · N. nycticorax nycticorax (Black-Crowned Night-Heron) · N. nycticorax obscurus · N. nycticorax ssp · N. nycticorax violaceus · N. pauper · N. pileatus · N. prasinosceles · N. violacea · N. violaceus · N. violaceus bancrofti · N. violaceus violaceus
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 591158
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-174833
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13888920
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 174833
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNGA11011
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 178010
