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genus

Nycticorax Forster, 1817

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Aves - birds »  order Pelecaniformes

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 9

species Nycticorax caledonicus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - Rufous Night-heron

Nycticorax caledonicus - Rufous Night-heron

species Nycticorax duboisi Rotschild, 1907 - Réunion Night-heron †
species Nycticorax fidens Brodkorb, 1963 †
species Nycticorax kalavikai Steadman, Worthy, Anderson & Walter, 2000 †
species Nycticorax leuconotus (Wagler, 1827) - White-backed Night-heron
species Nycticorax mauritianus (Newton, E & Gadow, 1893) - Mauritius Night-heron †
species Nycticorax megacephalus (Milne-Edwards, 1874) - Rodrigues Night-heron †
species Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758) - Black-crowned Night-heron

Nycticorax nycticorax - Black-crowned Night-heron

species Nycticorax olsoni Bourne W.P., Ashmole N.P. & Simmons K.L., 2003 †

Links and literature

EN IOC World Bird List 3.3 [as Nycticorax Forster, T, 1817]
Gill F. & Donsker D.: IOC World Bird List [http://www.worldbirdnames.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2013/04/11
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† extinct taxon



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