Nycticorax

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Ciconiiformes
Familia: Ardeidae
Subfamilia: Nycticoracinae
Genus: Nycticorax
Species: N. caledonicus - N. nycticorax

[edit] Name

Nycticorax T. Forster, 1817

[edit] Vernacular names

English: Night-Herons

[edit] Reference

Observations of the Natural History of Swallows; with a collateral statement of facts relative to their migration, and to their brumal torpidity: and a table of reference to authors... To which is added a general catalogue of British birds... p.59

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