Aves - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Alternative combination: Ardea nycticorax
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Nycticorax according to D. Michailidis et al. 2018
See also Campbell 1976, Clements et al. 2017, Linnaeus 1758, Miller and DeMay 1942, Olson et al. 1990, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Nycticorax caledonicus, Nycticorax duboisi, Nycticorax fidens, Nycticorax kalavikai, Nycticorax mauritianus, Nycticorax megacephalus, Nycticorax olsoni
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (1 collection), Ecuador (1), Egypt (1), Greece (1), Peru (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: California, Florida)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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