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Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 142

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Pelecaniformes
family
Ardeidae
genus
Nycticorax
species
Nycticorax nycticorax

Name

Synonyms
Ardea nycticorax Linnaeus, 1758
Ardea spec Linnaeus, 1758
Nycticorax gardeni (Dickenson)
Homonyms
Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
"Huaque Coroninegro, Garza Nocturna" in Spanish
Bakcsó in Hungarian
Bihoreau gris in French
Bihoreau gris in French
Bihoreau gris in French
Bihoreau gris in French
Black-Crowned Night Heron in English
Black-Crowned Night Heron in English
Black-Crowned Night-Heron in English
Black-Crowned Night-Heron in English
Black-Crowned/Rufous Night-Heron in English
Black-Crowned/Rufous Night-Heron in English
Black-crowned Night Heron in English
Black-crowned Night Heron in English
Black-crowned Night Heron in English
Black-crowned Night Heron in English
Black-crowned Night Heron in English
Black-crowned Night-Heron in English
Black-crowned Night-Heron in English
Black-crowned Night-Heron in English
Black-crowned Night-Heron in English
Black-crowned Night-Heron in English
Black-crowned/Rufous Night-Heron in English
Garza Nocturna Coroninegra in Spanish
Gewone Nagreier in Afrikaans
Goraz in Portuguese
Héron bihoreau in French
Kwak in Dutch
Kwak in Dutch
Martinete in Spanish
Martinete Común in Spanish
Martinete común in Spanish
Nachtreiher in German
Nachtreiher in German
Nachtreiher in German
Nachtreiher in German
Nathejre in Danish
Nathejre in Danish
Nathejre in Danish
Natthegre in Norwegian
Natthäger in Swedish
Night Heron in English
Night Heron in English
Night Heron in English
Night Heron, Black-Crowned Night Heron in English
Night Heron, Black-Crowned Night Heron in English
Nitticora in Italian
Nitticora in Italian
Nuetsreeër in Luxembourgish
Pedrete corona negra in Spanish

Bibliographic References

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  2. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  3. Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
  4. Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em>
  5. Echeverry-Galvis, M.A., O. Acevedo-Charry, J. E. Avendaño, C. Gómez, F.G. Stiles, F.A. Estela & A.M. Cuervo. 2022. Lista oficial de las aves de Colombia 2022: Adiciones, cambios taxonómicos y actualizaciones de estado. Ornitología Colombiana 22: 25-51 https://doi.org/10.59517/oc.e548
  6. Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342.
  7. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.
  8. ITIS.gov 2023 from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) on-line database https://www.itis.gov
  9. Ilieva,Mihaela N. (2005) New data on chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptra) from wild birds in Bulgaria http://phthiraptera.info/node/45378
  10. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  11. Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p.
  12. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  13. Luck et al. 2012; Newbold et al 2012; Belmaker & Jetz 2013
  14. Luck et al. 2012; Stiles.F. G. & L. Rosselli. 1998; Remsen & Robinson 1990; Hilty & Brown 1986,2001; Sherry 1990; Naranjo et al. 2012; Hilty & Brown 1986, 2001; Newbold et al. 2012; Belmaker & Jetz 2013; Dunning, J.B. 2007; http://www.hbw.com.
  15. Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
  16. Rasnitsyn,Alexander P.,Quicke,Donald L. J. (2002) History of Insects
  17. Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
  18. SOF (1899-12-31 23:00:00) Holarktis Fåglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fåglar
  19. Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p.
  20. Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. <em>Paragon Publishing.</em> 1-383.
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