Aves - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Full reference: W. R. P. Bourne, N. P. Ashmole, and K. E. L. Simmons. 2003. A new subfossil night heron and a new genus for the extinct rail Ascension Island, central tropical Atlantic Ocean. Ardea 91:45-51
Belongs to Nycticorax according to W. R. P. Bourne et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Nycticorax caledonicus, Nycticorax duboisi, Nycticorax fidens, Nycticorax kalavikai, Nycticorax mauritianus, Nycticorax megacephalus, Nycticorax nycticorax
Type specimen: NHMRN S/1999.1.1, a set of limb elements (right femur). Its type locality is Chapel Grotto, Ascension, which is in a Holocene cave horizon in Saint Helena.
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Saint Helena (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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