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Black-crowned Night-Heron [nycticorax or hoactli]

Nycticorax nycticorax [nycticorax or hoactli] (= Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax) (Linnaeus, C 1758)




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Classification
Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Ardeidae
Genus:
   Nycticorax
Scientific:
  Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.142

Protonym:
  Ardea Nycticorax

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727049


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  0534116707DAE840

Avibase ID:
  avibase-05341167

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/05341167


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 174834

Geographic range:

  • Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax: Eurasia south to Indonesia, Africa and Madagascar
  • Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli: S Canada to n Argentina and Chile
English:
Black-crowned Night-Heron [nycticorax or hoactli]
French:
Bihoreau gris [nycticorax ou hoactli]


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Black-crowned Night-Heron [nycticorax or hoactli] ( Nycticorax nycticorax [nycticorax or hoactli])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Black-crowned Night-Heron [nycticorax or hoactli] ( Nycticorax nycticorax [nycticorax or hoactli])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Black-crowned Night-Heron [nycticorax or hoactli] ( Nycticorax nycticorax [nycticorax or hoactli])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Black-crowned Night-Heron [nycticorax or hoactli] ( Nycticorax nycticorax [nycticorax or hoactli])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Black-crowned Night-Heron [nycticorax or hoactli] ( Nycticorax nycticorax [nycticorax or hoactli])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Black-crowned Night-Heron [nycticorax or hoactli] ( Nycticorax nycticorax [nycticorax or hoactli])
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Nycticorax nycticorax

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Catalan: Martinet de nit
German: Nachtreiher-nycticorax
English: Black-crowned Night-Heron [nycticorax or hoactli]
Estonian: Ööhaigur
French: Bihoreau gris (nycticorax), Bihoreau gris [nycticorax ou hoactli]
Italian: Nitticora
Korean: 해오라기
Scientific: Ardea Hoactli, Ardea Nycticorax, Nycticorax nycticorax [nycticorax or hoactli], Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax
Slovak: chavkoš nočný

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