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

Nycticorax T. Forster, 1817

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: ゴイサギ属

Literature

basis of record

Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

additional source

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Nycticorax Moehring, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159122

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Nycticorax T. Forster, 1817. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/5f5a16ba-a3d0-45fd-af43-fa4a21dba275

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


fresh, terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159122
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96639

Last modified

2006-09-26 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Olga Martinez

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