Nycticorax nycticorax, Danube Delta, Romania

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pelecaniformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dracohors
Superordo: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Classis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Euornithes
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Ornithurae
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Pelecaniformes

Familia: Ardeidae
Subfamilia: Nycticoracinae
Genus: Nycticorax
Species: N. caledonicus – N. nycticorax
Species extincta: †N. duboisi – †N. mauritianus – †N. megacephalus – †N. olsoni

Name

Nycticorax T. Forster, 1817

Typus

Nycticorax infaustus T. Forster, 1817, = Ardea nycticorax Linnaeus, 1758, = Nycticorax nycticorax

References

  • A synoptical catalogue of British birds: 59.

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Qarıldaq
беларуская: Кваквы
English: Night Herons
español: Martinete
فارسی: حواصیل شب
suomi: Yöhaikarat
עברית: אנפת לילה
italiano: Nitticora
қазақша: Бақылдақтар туысы
한국어: 해오라기속
latviešu: Nakts gārņi
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