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Rufous Night-Heron
Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
The Nankeen Night Heron, Nycticorax caledonicus, also commonly referred to as the Rufous Night Heron, and in Melanesia as Melabaob, is a medium-sized heron. It is found throughout much of Australia except the arid inland, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Melanesia. A small colony has also established near Wanganui, New Zealand Source: Wikipedia
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Order:
Pelecaniformes
Family:
Ardeidae
Genus:
Nycticorax
Scientific:
Nycticorax caledonicus
Citation:
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Reference:
Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.626
Protonym:
Ardea caledonica
Avibase ID:
FDD00863C1103132
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/FDD00863
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174837
Geographic range:
- Nycticorax caledonicus caledonicus: New Caledonia
- Nycticorax caledonicus crassirostris: formerly Bonin Islands; extinct since the late 1800s
- Nycticorax caledonicus manillensis: Philippines, e Borneo and Sulawesi
- Nycticorax caledonicus pelewensis: Palau and Caroline islands
- Nycticorax caledonicus mandibularis: Bismarck Archipelago to Solomon Islands
- Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae: Australia and New Guinea, west to Java
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Source: Clements checklist
Rufous Night-Heron
Czech:
kvakoš rezavý
German:
Rotrückenreiher
Danish:
Rød Nathejre
Spanish:
Martinete Canelo
Finnish:
australianyöhaikara
French:
Bihoreau cannelle
Icelandic:
Fenjahegri
Italian:
Nitticora rossiccia
Japanese:
hashibutogoi
Japanese:
ハシブトゴイ
Dutch:
Rosse Kwak
Norwegian:
Nankinghegre
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Nankinghegre
Polish:
slepowron rdzawy
Portuguese:
Savacu-canela
Russian:
Каледонская кваква
Slovak:
chavkoš hrdzavý
Swedish:
rostnatthäger
Ukrainian:
Квак каледонський
Chinese:
棕夜鹭
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Rufous Night-heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Rufous Night-heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Rufous Night-heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Rufous Night-heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Rufous Night-heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Rufous Night-heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Rufous Night-heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Rufous Night-heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Rufous Night-heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Rufous Night-heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Rufous Night-heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Rufous Night-heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Rufous Night-heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Rufous Night-heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Rufous Night-heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds: Nankeen Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Bihoreau cannelle ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Bihoreau cannelle ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Rufous Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Rufous Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Rufous Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Rufous Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Rufous Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Rufous Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Rufous Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Rufous Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Rufous Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Rufous Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Rufous Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Rufous Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Rufous Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Rufous Night-heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Rufous Night-heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Rufous Night-heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Rufous Night-heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Rufous Night-heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Rufous Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Rufous Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Rufous Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Rufous Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Rufous Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Rufous Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Rufous Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Oriental Bird Club: Rufous Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| James Lee Peters: Nycticorax caledonicus [version 1] |
| James Lee Peters (original): Nycticorax caledonicus [version 1] |
| James Lee Peters (2nd edition): Nycticorax caledonicus [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996): Rufous Night-Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Nycticorax caledonicus [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Nycticorax caledonicus [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
Catalan: Martinet de nit canyella
Cebuano: lapay
Czech: Kvakoš rezavý
Danish: Rød Nathejre
German: Rotrücken-Nachtreiher, Rotrückenreih, Rotrückenreiher
English: Nankeen Heron, Nankeen Night Heron, Nankeen Night-Heron, Rufous night heron, Rufous Night-Heron
English (Australia): Nankeen Night-Heron
English (IOC): Nankeen Night Heron
English (New Zealand): Nankeen Night-Heron
English (Philippines): Rufous Night Heron
Spanish: Garza Nocturna Caledónica, Martinete Canelo
Spanish (Spain): Martinete Canelo
Spanish (HBW): Rufous Night-Heron
Estonian: puna-ööhaigur
Finnish: Australianyöhaikara
French: Bihoreau cannelle, Bihoreau marron
Hungarian: kaledón bakcsó
Indonesian: Kowak merah, Kowakmalam Merah, Kowak-malam merah
Icelandic: Fenjahegri
Italian: Nitticora dei mari del Sud, Nitticora rossiccia
Japanese: hashi-buto goi, Hashibutogoi, Hashibuto-goi
Japanese: ハシブトゴイ
Japanese (Kanji): 嘴太五位
Scientific: Ardea caledonica, Nycticorax caledonicus, Nycticorax caledonicus caledonicus, Nycticorax calendonicus
Lithuanian: Kaledoninis naktikovis
Malay: Pucong Majam
Dutch: Rosse Kwak
Norwegian Nynorsk: Nankinghegre
Norwegian: Nankinghegre
Palauan: Melabaob
Polish: slepowron rdzawy, ślepowron rdzawy
Pinyin: zōng yè lù
Portuguese: Savacu-canela
Portuguese (Portugal): Goraz-canela
Russian: Каледонская кваква, Кваква рыжая каледонская
Slovak: Bučiak červenkastochrbtý, chavkoš hrdzavý
Serbian: Riđi gak
Swedish: Rostnatthäger
Turkish: Kızıl Gece Balıkçılı
Ukrainian: Квак каледонський
Chinese: 棕夜鷺, 棕夜鹭
Chinese (Traditional): 棕夜鷺
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 棕夜鷺
Chinese (Taiwan): 棕夜鹭
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