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Night Herons

Nycticorax Forster & T 1817

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Nycticorax Forster & T 1817
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from IOC World Bird List
Nycticorax
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Nycticorax
Recognized by Afghanistan Species List, AnAge articles, INBio, IABIN, Hone et al 2013 avian data, and Furui 2020
Nycticorax Forster & T 1817
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Nycticorax Moehring 1758
Genus recognized by GBIF classification
Nycticorax T. Forster 1817
Genus recognized by GBIF national node type records France, GBIF national node type records Germany, Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, and Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Nycticorax T. Forster 1817
Recognized by GBIF national node type records UK

Alternative Names

Ardea nycticorax Linnaeus 1758
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Ardea spec Linnaeus 1758
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Ardea violacea Linnaeus 1758
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Nyctanassa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758))
Nyctanassa violacea (Linnaeus 1758)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Nyctanassa Stejneger, 1887)
Nycticorax
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors, Wildfinder (WWF), Washington Bird Phenology, Sibly et al 2012, GBIF national node type records UK, Aruba Species List, Bahrain Species List, Mozambique Species List, GBIF national node type records Germany, NMNH type specimens, iDigBio type specimen records, Flickr Group, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Flickr BHL, Bergtold 1917, World Register of Marine Species, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions

Common Names

English

Night Herons preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Qarıldaq preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Belarusian

Кваквы preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

Нощни чапли preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

kvakoš preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Yöhaikarat preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

אנפת לילה preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

ゴイサギ属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020

Kazakh

Бақылдақтар туысы preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

해오라기속 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Latvian

Nakts gārņi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

حواصیل شب preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

نيكتيكوراكس preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Nycticorax Forster & T 1817

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauromorpha
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria
Maniraptoriformes
Maniraptora
Aves
Ornithurae
Neornithes
Neognathae
Neoaves
waterbirds
Pelecaniformes
Ardeidae
Nycticorax Forster & T 1817 (this page)
Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin & JF 1789)
Nycticorax duboisi (Rothschild 1907)
Nycticorax fidens Brodkorb 1963
Nycticorax kalavikai Steadman et al. 2000
Nycticorax mauritianus (Newton, E & Gadow 1893)
Nycticorax megacephalus (Milne-Edwards 1873)
Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus 1758)
Nycticorax olsoni Bourne, Ashmole & Simmons 2003
Agamia Reichenbach 1853
Ardea Linnaeus 1758
Ardeacites Haushalter 1855
Ardeagrandis Kuročkin & Ganea 1972
Ardeola Boie & F 1822
Botaurites von Ammon 1918
Botaurus Stephens 1819
Bubulcus Bonaparte 1855
Butorides Blyth 1852
Cochlearius Brisson 1760
Egretta Forster & T 1817
Eoceornis Shufeldt 1915
Gorsachius Bonaparte 1855
Ixobrychus Billberg 1828
Matuku Scofield et al. 2010
Nyctanassa Stejneger 1887
Nyctisoma Elżanowski & Zelenkov 2015
Palaeophoyx McCoy 1963
Pikaihao Worthy et al. 2013
Pilherodius Reichenbach 1853
Proardea Lambrecht 1933
Proardeola Harrison 1979
Syrigma Ridgway 1878
Taphophoyx Steadman & Takano 2019
Tigriornis Sharpe 1895
Tigrisoma Swainson 1827
Zebrilus Bonaparte 1855
Zeltornis Balouet 1981
Zonerodius Salvadori 1882

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Aves
Pelecaniformes
Ardeidae Leach 1820
Ardeinae Leach 1820
Nycticorax T. Forster 1817 (this page)
Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin 1789)
Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus 1758)
Ardea Linnaeus 1758
Ardeola F. Boie 1822
Bubulcus Bonaparte 1855
Butorides Blyth 1852
Egretta T. Forster 1817
Gorsachius Bonaparte 1855
Nyctanassa Stejneger 1887
Pilherodius Reichenbach 1853
Syrigma Ridgway 1878

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauromorpha
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria
Maniraptoriformes
Maniraptora
Aves
Ornithurae
Neornithes
Neognathae
Neoaves
waterbirds
Pelecaniformes
Ardeidae
Nycticorax Forster & T 1817 (this page)
Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin & JF 1789)
Nycticorax duboisi (Rothschild 1907)
Nycticorax fidens Brodkorb 1963
Nycticorax kalavikai Steadman et al. 2000
Nycticorax mauritianus (Newton, E & Gadow 1893)
Nycticorax megacephalus (Milne-Edwards 1873)
Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus 1758)
Nycticorax olsoni Bourne, Ashmole & Simmons 2003
Agamia Reichenbach 1853
Ardea Linnaeus 1758
Ardeacites Haushalter 1855
Ardeagrandis Kuročkin & Ganea 1972
Ardeola Boie & F 1822
Botaurites von Ammon 1918
Botaurus Stephens 1819
Bubulcus Bonaparte 1855
Butorides Blyth 1852
Cochlearius Brisson 1760
Egretta Forster & T 1817
Eoceornis Shufeldt 1915
Gorsachius Bonaparte 1855
Ixobrychus Billberg 1828
Matuku Scofield et al. 2010
Nyctanassa Stejneger 1887
Nyctisoma Elżanowski & Zelenkov 2015
Palaeophoyx McCoy 1963
Pikaihao Worthy et al. 2013
Pilherodius Reichenbach 1853
Proardea Lambrecht 1933
Proardeola Harrison 1979
Syrigma Ridgway 1878
Taphophoyx Steadman & Takano 2019
Tigriornis Sharpe 1895
Tigrisoma Swainson 1827
Zebrilus Bonaparte 1855
Zeltornis Balouet 1981
Zonerodius Salvadori 1882

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauromorpha
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria
Maniraptoriformes
Maniraptora
Paraves
Aves
Ornithurae
Neornithes
Neognathae
Neoaves
waterbirds
Pelecaniformes
Ardeidae
Nycticorax Forster & T 1817 (this page)
Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin & JF 1789)
Nycticorax duboisi (Rothschild 1907)
Nycticorax mauritianus (Newton, E & Gadow 1893)
Nycticorax megacephalus (Milne-Edwards 1873)
Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus 1758)
Nycticorax olsoni Bourne, Ashmole & Simmons 2003
Agamia Reichenbach 1853
Ardea Linnaeus 1758
Ardeola Boie & F 1822
Botaurus Stephens 1819
Bubulcus Bonaparte 1855
Butorides Blyth 1852
Cochlearius Brisson 1760
Dupetor Heine & Reichenow 1890
Egretta Forster & T 1817
Gorsachius Bonaparte 1855
Ixobrychus Billberg 1828
Nyctanassa Stejneger 1887
Pilherodius Reichenbach 1853
Syrigma Ridgway 1878
Tigriornis Sharpe 1895
Tigrisoma Swainson 1827
Zebrilus Bonaparte 1855
Zonerodius Salvadori 1882

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Pelecaniformes
Ardeidae
Nycticorax Moehring 1758 (this page)
Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin 1789)
Nycticorax crassirostris Vigors 1839
Nycticorax fidens Brodkorb 1963
Nycticorax minahassae A. B. Meyer & Wiglesworth 1894
Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus 1758)
Nycticorax violaceus Linnaeus 1758
Agamia Reichenbach 1853
Ardea Linnaeus 1758
Ardeacites Haushalter 1855
Ardeirallus Bonaparte 1850
Ardeola Boie 1822
Ardetta Gray 1842
Botaurites Ammon 1918
Botaurus Stephens 1819
Bubulcus Bonaparte 1855
Butorides Blyth 1852
Calcardea Gingerich 1987
Cochlearius Brisson 1760
Dupetor Heine & Reichenow 1890
Egretta Forster 1817
Gnotornis Wetmore 1942
Gorsachius Bonaparte 1855
Ixobrychus Billberg 1828
Matuku Scofield, Worthy & Tennyson 2010
Palaeophoyx
Pikaihao Worthy, Worthy, Tennyson & Scofield 2013
Pilherodius Reichenbach 1853
Proardea Lambrecht 1933
Proardeola Harrison 1979
Syrigma Ridgway 1878
Tigriornis Sharpe 1895
Tigrisoma Swainson 1827
Zebrilus Bonaparte 1855
Zonerodius Salvadori 1882

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Aves
Pelecaniformes
Ardeidae Leach 1820
Ardeinae Leach 1820
Nycticorax T. Forster 1817 (this page)
Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin 1789)
Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus 1758)
Ardea Linnaeus 1758
Ardeola F. Boie 1822
Bubulcus Bonaparte 1855
Butorides Blyth 1852
Egretta T. Forster 1817
Gorsachius Bonaparte 1855
Nyctanassa Stejneger 1887
Pilherodius Reichenbach 1853
Syrigma Ridgway 1878

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Sauropsida
Sauria
Archelosauria
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Coelurosauria
Aves
Neognathae
Pelecaniformes
Ardeidae
Nycticorax (this page)
Nycticorax caledonicus
Nycticorax nycticorax
Agamia
Ardea
Ardeola
Botaurus
Bubulcus
Butorides
Cochlearius
Dupetor
Egretta
Gorsachius
Ixobrychus
Mesophoyx
Nyctanassa
Pilherodius
Syrigma
Tigrisoma
Zebrilus

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Aves
Neognathae
Neoaves
Aequorlitornithes
Ardeae
Aequornithes
Pelecaniformes
Ardeidae
Ardeinae
Nycticorax (this page)
Nycticorax caladonicus
Nycticorax caledonicus
Nycticorax crassirostris
Nycticorax goisagi
Nycticorax leuconotus
Nycticorax magnifica
Nycticorax melanolophus
Nycticorax nycticorax
Nycticorax pauper
Nycticorax violacea
Nycticorax violaceus
Ardea
Ardeini
Bubulcus
Gorsachius
Nyctanassa

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Ciconiiformes
Ardeidae
Nycticorax (this page)
Nycticorax nycticorax falklandicus Hartert 1914
Ardea
Ardea Linnaeus 1758
Ardeola
Ardeola Boie 1822
Butorides
Butorides Blyth 1852
Egretta
Egretta Brisson 1760
Gorsachius
Ixobrychus Billberg 1828
Mesophoyx
Mesophoyx Sharpe 1894
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