Information about Nycticorax
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Nycticorax is a genus of night herons. The name Nycticorax derives from the Greek for “night raven” and refers to the largely nocturnal feeding habits of this group of birds, and the croaking crow-like call of the best known species, the Black-crowned Night Heron. These are medium-sized herons which are migratory outside the tropical parts of their ranges.
Adults are short-necked and stout herons; they typically have a dark crown and back with the remainder of the body white or grey, and short legs. Young birds are brown, flecked with white and grey, and are quite similar to each other in the extant Nycticorax species. At least some of the extinct Mascarenes taxa appear to have retained this juvenile plumage in adult birds.
Night herons nest in colonies on platforms of sticks in a group of trees, or on the ground in protected locations such as islands or reedbeds. 3-8 eggs are laid.
They stand at the water's edge, and wait to ambush prey, mainly at night. They primarily eat small fish, crustaceans, frogs, aquatic insects, and small mammals. During the day they rest in trees or bushes.
Species in taxonomic order
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Nycticorax violaceus or Nyctanassa violacea
- Bermuda Night Heron, Nycticorax carcinocatactes or Nyctanassa carcinocatactes (extinct)
- Black-crowned Night Heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
- White-backed Night Heron, Nycticorax leuconotus or Gorsachius leuconotus
- Rodrigues Night Heron, Nycticorax megacephalus (extinct)
- Réunion Night Heron, Nycticorax duboisi (extinct)
- Mauritius Night Heron, Nycticorax mauritianus (extinct)
- Ascension Night Heron, Nycticorax olsoni (extinct)
- Niue Night Heron, Nycticorax kalavikai (prehistoric)
- ‘Eua Night Heron, Nycticorax sp. (prehistoric)
- Lifuka Night Heron, Nycticorax sp. (prehistoric) - may be same as ‘Eua species
- Nankeen Night Heron or Rufous Night Heron, Gorsachius caledonicus or Nycticorax caledonicus
- Bonin Nankeen Night Heron, Nycticorax caledonicus crassirostris (extinct, c.1890)
- Nycticorax sp. (Early Oligocene of Fayyum, Egypt) (fossil)
- Nycticorax fidens (Late Miocene of McGehee Farm, USA) (fossil)
N. nycticorax
Binomial name
Nycticorax nycticorax
Linnaeus, 1758
The Black-crowned Night Heron (in Eurasia, often just Night Heron; in North America, Black-crowned Night-Heron
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Binomial name
Nycticorax nycticorax
Linnaeus, 1758
The Black-crowned Night Heron (in Eurasia, often just Night Heron; in North America, Black-crowned Night-Heron
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Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885
Typical Classes
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Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Bateson, 1885
Typical Classes
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Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
About two dozen - see section below
Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
About two dozen - see section below
Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Ciconiiformes
Bonaparte, 1854
Families
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Bonaparte, 1854
Families
- Ardeidae
- Cochlearidae (the Boat-billed Heron)
- Balaenicipitidae (the Shoebill)
- Scopidae (the Hammerkop)
- Ciconiidae
- Threskiornithidae
- Cathartidae
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Ardeidae
Leach, 1820
Genera
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The herons are wading birds in the Ardeidae family. Some are called egrets or bitterns instead of herons.
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Leach, 1820
Genera
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The herons are wading birds in the Ardeidae family. Some are called egrets or bitterns instead of herons.
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Nycticorax
T. Forster, 1817
Genus: Gorsachius
Bonaparte, 1855
Species
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The night herons are medium-sized herons in the genera Nycticorax and Gorsachius.
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T. Forster, 1817
Genus: Gorsachius
Bonaparte, 1855
Species
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The night herons are medium-sized herons in the genera Nycticorax and Gorsachius.
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Writing system: Greek alphabet
Official status
Official language of: Greece
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Writing system: Greek alphabet
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Official language of: Greece
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
About two dozen - see section below
Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
About two dozen - see section below
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Corvus
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
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The true crows are large passerine birds that comprise the genus Corvus. Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-sized jackdaws (Eurasian and Daurian) to the Common Raven of the
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Linnaeus, 1758
Species
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The true crows are large passerine birds that comprise the genus Corvus. Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-sized jackdaws (Eurasian and Daurian) to the Common Raven of the
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N. nycticorax
Binomial name
Nycticorax nycticorax
Linnaeus, 1758
The Black-crowned Night Heron (in Eurasia, often just Night Heron; in North America, Black-crowned Night-Heron
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Binomial name
Nycticorax nycticorax
Linnaeus, 1758
The Black-crowned Night Heron (in Eurasia, often just Night Heron; in North America, Black-crowned Night-Heron
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Ardeidae
Leach, 1820
Genera
See text.
The herons are wading birds in the Ardeidae family. Some are called egrets or bitterns instead of herons.
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Leach, 1820
Genera
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The herons are wading birds in the Ardeidae family. Some are called egrets or bitterns instead of herons.
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Bird migration refers to the regular seasonal journeys undertaken by many species of birds. Migrations include movements of varied distances made in response to changes in food availability, habitat or weather.
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Mascarene Islands (or Mascarenhas Archipelago) is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar comprising Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues, Cargados Carajos shoals, plus the former islands of the Saya de Malha, Nazareth and Soudan banks.
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In most birds and reptiles, an egg (Latin ovum) is the zygote, resulting from fertilization of the ovum. To enable incubation the egg is usually kept within a favourable temperature range as it nourishes and protects the growing embryo.
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crustaceans (Crustacea) are a large group of arthropods, comprising approximately 52,000 described species [1], and are usually treated as a subphylum [2].
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FROG
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Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
Subclass Apterygota
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Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
Subclass Apterygota
- * Archaeognatha (bristletails)
- * Thysanura (silverfish)
- * Infraclass Paleoptera (Probably paraphyletic)
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Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758
Subclasses & Infraclasses
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Linnaeus, 1758
Subclasses & Infraclasses
- Subclass †Allotheria*
- Subclass Prototheria
- Subclass Theria
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N. violaceus
Binomial name
Nycticorax violaceus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
The Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Nycticorax violaceus or Nyctanassa violacea
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Binomial name
Nycticorax violaceus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
The Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Nycticorax violaceus or Nyctanassa violacea
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Nyctanassa carcinocatactes
Binomial name
Nyctanassa carcinocatactes
(Olson & Wingate 2006)
Synonyms
Nycticorax carcinocatactes The Bermuda Night Heron (
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Binomial name
Nyctanassa carcinocatactes
(Olson & Wingate 2006)
Synonyms
Nycticorax carcinocatactes The Bermuda Night Heron (
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extinction is the cessation of existence of a species or group of taxa, reducing biodiversity. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of that species (although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point).
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N. nycticorax
Binomial name
Nycticorax nycticorax
Linnaeus, 1758
The Black-crowned Night Heron (in Eurasia, often just Night Heron; in North America, Black-crowned Night-Heron
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Binomial name
Nycticorax nycticorax
Linnaeus, 1758
The Black-crowned Night Heron (in Eurasia, often just Night Heron; in North America, Black-crowned Night-Heron
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G. leuconotus
Binomial name
Gorsachius leuconotus
(Wagler, 1827)
The White-backed Night-heron (Gorsachius leuconotus) is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family.
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Binomial name
Gorsachius leuconotus
(Wagler, 1827)
The White-backed Night-heron (Gorsachius leuconotus) is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family.
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N. duboisi
Binomial name
Nycticorax duboisi
(Rothschild, 1907)
Synonyms
Ardea duboisi Rothschild, 1907
Megaphoyx duboisi Hachisuka, 1953
Nycticorax borbonensis
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Binomial name
Nycticorax duboisi
(Rothschild, 1907)
Synonyms
Ardea duboisi Rothschild, 1907
Megaphoyx duboisi Hachisuka, 1953
Nycticorax borbonensis
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