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Historiae animalium liber III qui est de auium natura. Adiecti sunt ab initio indices alphabetici decem super nominibus auium in totidem linguis diuersis: & ante illos enumeratio auium eo ordiné quo in hoc volumine
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A Synoptical Catalogue of British Birds; intended to identify the species mentioned by different names in several catalogues already extant. Forming a book of reference to Observations on British ornithology
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depending on the species. Young birds are brown, flecked with white and grey, and are quite similar to each other in the extant species. At least some of the extinct
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Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Java, New Caledonia, Palau, and the Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia
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on platforms of sticks in a group of trees, or on the ground in protected locations such as islands or
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They stand at the water's edge, and wait to ambush prey, mainly at night. They primarily eat small
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species both have a black crown and a whitish belly, while the wings, chest, neck and
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for a "bird of ill omen", perhaps an owl. The word was used by the Swiss naturalist
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Adults are short-necked, relatively short-legged and stout herons; the two
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in 1555 and then by subsequent authors for the black-crowned night heron.
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In addition to the species listed below, the night herons of the genera
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taxa appear to have retained this juvenile plumage in adult birds.
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In addition, the following taxa are known from fossil bones:
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meaning "raven". The word was used by authors such as
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(1979). 940: 443:IUCN status and estimated population 262:in the colder parts of their ranges. 2330:C8ACD43E-6F30-407A-A63B-6BAA85DF34CF 2278:155715d4-f8b7-4eb4-abe4-9120cb2ae967 2203:914566c1-42cc-4f18-9949-cac2a31b68f6 902:. London: Christopher Helm. p.  247:call of the best known species, the 235:, "raven". It refers to the largely 13: 1220: 1011: 887: 861: 333:American Museum of Natural History 14: 2384: 2363:Extant Rupelian first appearances 875:. The Trust for Avian Systematics 407: 2368:Rupelian genus first appearances 2049: 1418: 956:Check-List of Birds of the World 564: 520: 450: 239:feeding habits of this group of 70: 434:Scientific name and subspecies 1093: 1045: 984: 963: 920: 1: 854: 1105:Brodkorb 1963 (night heron)" 7: 708:Extinct species and fossils 331:Stuffed night heron in the 322: 10: 2389: 991:Jobling, James A. (2010). 448:Black-crowned night heron 18: 2079: 2045: 2002: 1982: 1938: 1828: 1808: 1736: 1727: 1609: 1589: 1505: 1496: 1473: 1449: 1445: 1437: 1432: 1415: 1393: 1369: 1329: 1289: 1280: 1256: 1232: 1228: 1215: 1177: 894:Jobling, James A (2010). 558: 447: 442: 439: 436: 433: 430: 348:black-crowned night heron 249:black-crowned night heron 197: 192: 175: 168: 67:Scientific classification 65: 55:Black-crowned night heron 53: 44: 29: 1172:and their extinct allies 400:were formerly placed in 1090:(subscription required) 718:Nycticorax megacephalus 254:These are medium-sized 846:of McGehee Farm, US) ( 746:Nycticorax mauritianus 574:Nycticorax caledonicus 562:or rufous night heron 335: 2299:Paleobiology Database 809:Mangaia night heron, 756:Ascension night heron 742:Mauritius night heron 714:Rodrigues night heron 460:Nycticorax nycticorax 330: 284:Night herons nest in 59:Nycticorax nycticorax 2198:Fauna Europaea (new) 1125:Encyclopedia of Life 873:aviansystematics.org 794:Lifuka night heron, 774:Nycticorax kalavikai 376:Hesychius of Miletus 366:meaning "night" and 178:Nycticorax infaustus 1031:IOC World Bird List 832:of Fayyum, Egypt) ( 802:) – may be same as 728:Réunion night heron 617:N. c. crassirostris 560:Nankeen night heron 427: 346:to accommodate the 243:, and the croaking 231:"night" and κοραξ, 199:2 extant, see text 1021:; Donsker, David; 783:ʻEua night heron, 732:Nycticorax duboisi 628:N. c. mandibularis 505:N. n. falklandicus 481:(Linnaeus, 1758) 412: 336: 2340: 2339: 2286:Open Tree of Life 2073:Taxon identifiers 2064: 2063: 2060: 2059: 2043: 2042: 2039: 2038: 1723: 1722: 1611:Threskiornithinae 1498:Threskiornithidae 1428: 1427: 1413: 1412: 1389: 1388: 1103:Nycticorax fidens 1023:Rasmussen, Pamela 1004:978-1-4081-2501-4 913:978-1-4081-2501-4 840:Nycticorax fidens 760:Nycticorax olsoni 702: 701: 661: 650: 637: 624: 613: 604:N. c. manillensis 600: 593:N. c. caledonicus 580: 466: 440:Size and ecology 425: 292:. 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Archived from 1054:Anderson, Atholl 1049: 1043: 1042: 1040: 1038: 1015: 1009: 1008: 988: 982: 981: 967: 961: 960: 947: 938: 937: 924: 918: 917: 901: 891: 885: 884: 882: 880: 865: 770:Niue night heron 693: 659: 656: 654:N. c. pelewensis 648: 643: 635: 630: 622: 619: 611: 606: 598: 595: 578: 568: 549: 524: 479:N. n. nycticorax 465:(Linnaeus, 1758) 464: 454: 428: 420: 411: 258:which often are 187:T. Forster, 1817 183:Ardea nycticorax 159: 75: 74: 49: 35:Temporal range: 27: 26: 2388: 2387: 2383: 2382: 2381: 2379: 2378: 2377: 2343: 2342: 2341: 2336: 2328: 2323: 2315: 2310: 2302: 2297: 2289: 2284: 2276: 2274: 2266: 2261: 2253: 2248: 2240: 2235: 2227: 2222: 2214: 2209: 2201: 2196: 2188: 2183: 2175: 2170: 2162: 2157: 2149: 2144: 2136: 2131: 2123: 2118: 2109: 2108: 2103: 2094: 2093: 2088: 2075: 2065: 2056: 2047: 2035: 2004:Tigriornithinae 1998: 1978: 1934: 1824: 1804: 1719: 1605: 1585: 1492: 1469: 1441: 1424: 1417: 1409: 1385: 1365: 1325: 1276: 1252: 1224: 1211: 1173: 1158: 1117: 1116: 1099: 1098: 1094: 1088:on 24 May 2007. 1062:Wilson Bulletin 1050: 1046: 1036: 1034: 1025:, eds. 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Index

Nyctanassa
Early Oligocene

Black-crowned night heron
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Pelecaniformes
Ardeidae
Ardeinae
Nycticorax
T. Forster
Type species
Nycticorax infaustus
genus
night herons
Ancient Greek
nocturnal
birds
crow-like
black-crowned night heron
herons
migratory
extant
auriculars
rufous
Mascarenes

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