Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Ciconiiformes > Suborder Ciconii > Superfamily Ardeoidea > Family Ardeidae > Genus Nycticorax

Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nycticorax*	T. Forster, 1817	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ardea nycticorax*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: çafka e natës; çapka e natës sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: Нощна чапла sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: nathejre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: kwak sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

English: black-crowned night heron; black-crowned night-heron; night heron sources: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Fon: bihoreau gris sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

German: Nachtreiher sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Κοινός Νυχτοκόρακας sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: אנפת לילה sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: nitticora sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: ゴイサギ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Lithuanian: naktikovis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: natthegre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: natthegre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: natthegre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: ślepowron sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: stârc de noapte sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: кваква sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: kvakač sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: martinete común sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: natthäger sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: gece balikcil; gece balıkçıl; gece balıkçılı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: жаб'яча чапля; Квак; кваква sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: crëyr y nos

Literature

basis of record	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.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
additional source	Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.