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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
Order:
Pelecaniformes
Family:
Ardeidae
Genus:
Nycticorax
Scientific:
Nycticorax caledonicus
Citation:
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Reference:
Syst.Nat. p.626
Protonym:
Ardea caledonica
Avibase ID:
FDD00863C1103132
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/FDD00863
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174837
Geographic range:
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] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): 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] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Rufous Night-heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): 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 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 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] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Nankeen Night Heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: 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] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Nankeen 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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