Nycticorax olsoni (Ascension Night Heron)

Ascension Night Heron

Nycticorax olsoni Bourne, WRP; Ashmole, NP; Simmons, KELR 2003

The Ascension night heron is an extinct night heron species from the genus Nycticorax endemic to the South Atlantic island of Ascension. It is predominantly known from the bone fragments of six specimens found in guano deposits and caves on Ascension Island and described by Philip Ashmole, Kenneth Edwin Laurence Ryder Simmons, and William Richmond Postle Bourne in 2003. Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Ardeidae
Genus:
   Nycticorax
Scientific:
  Nycticorax olsoni

Original description

Citation:
Bourne, WRP; Ashmole, NP; Simmons, KELR 2003

Reference:
Ardea 91 p.45-51

Protonym:
Nycticorax olsoni

Link:
https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/4493/Nycticorax_olsoni.pdf

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
015572BE1AA5365B

Avibase ID:
avibase-015572BE

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/015572BE

Taxonomic Serial Number:

Geographic range:

Nycticorax olsoni: Ascension Island (extinct)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Ascension Night Heron
Czech:
kvakoš ascensionský
Danish:
Ascensionnathejre
German:
Ascension-Nachtreiher
Spanish:
Martinete de Ascensión
French:
Bihoreau de l'Ascension
Hungarian:
ascension-szigeti bakcsó
Dutch:
Ascensionkwak
Norwegian:
ascensionnatthegre
Polish:
ślepowron atlantycki
Portuguese:
goraz-de-ascensão
Portuguese (Portugal):
goraz-de-ascensão
Russian:
Вознесенская кваква
Slovak:
chavkoš aponar
Swedish:
ascensionnatthäger
Ukrainian:
квак вознесенський
Chinese:
阿岛夜鹭
Chinese (Traditional):
亞欣森夜鷺

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Ascension Night Heron ( Nycticorax olsoni)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Ascension Night Heron ( Nycticorax olsoni)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Ascension Night Heron ( Nycticorax olsoni)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Ascension Night Heron ( Nycticorax olsoni)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Ascension Night Heron ( Nycticorax olsoni)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Ascension Night Heron ( Nycticorax olsoni)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Ascension Night Heron ( Nycticorax olsoni)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Ascension Night Heron ( Nycticorax olsoni)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Ascension Night Heron ( Nycticorax olsoni)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Ascension Night Heron ( Nycticorax olsoni)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Ascension Night Heron ( Nycticorax olsoni)
Clements, version 2024: Ascension Night Heron ( Nycticorax olsoni)
eBird version 2024: Ascension Night Heron ( Nycticorax olsoni)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Ascension Night Heron ( Nycticorax olsoni)
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Ascension Night Heron ( Nycticorax olsoni)
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Ascension Night Heron ( Nycticorax olsoni)

Taxonomic status:

Species status: fossil species (extinct)

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