Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Ciconiiformes > Family Ardeidae > Genus Nycticorax

Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Ardea Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nycticorax*	Moehring, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ardea nycticorax*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective 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.

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

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

English-United States: Black-crowned Night Heron; Black-crowned Night-Heron ; Night Heron sources: Charles Hussey;African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement

Fon (Benin): 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

Israel (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

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: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 142

Norwegian Nynorsk: natthegre sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 142

Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 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	Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.
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	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (77 nucleotides; 67 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (649 publications)
Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159123

Drs Cees Roselaar. Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96640