Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Gewone Nagreier |
| Albanian | Ҫafka e natës |
| Arabic | بلشون الليل أسود التاج |
| Armenian | Կվակվա |
| Assamese | কোৱাক চৰাই |
| Asturian | Garcia nocherniega |
| Azerbaijani | Qarıldaq |
| Basque | Amiltxori arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Обикновена нощна чапла |
| Catalan | martinet de nit comú |
| Chinese | 夜鷺 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 夜鹭 |
| Croatian | gak |
| Czech | kvakoš noční |
| Danish | Nathejre |
| Dutch | Kwak |
| English | Black-crowned Night Heron |
| English (HAW) | ʻAukuʻu - Black-crowned Night Heron |
| English (United States) | Black-crowned Night Heron |
| Faroese | Nátthegri |
| Finnish | yöhaikara |
| French | Bihoreau gris |
| French (France) | Bihoreau gris |
| Galician | Garza noiteira común |
| German | Nachtreiher |
| Greek | Νυχτοκόρακας |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Kòk lannwit kouwòn nwa |
| Hebrew | אנפת לילה |
| Hungarian | Bakcsó |
| Icelandic | Nátthegri |
| Indonesian | Kowak-malam abu |
| Italian | Nitticora |
| Japanese | ゴイサギ |
| Korean | 해오라기 |
| Latvian | Nakts gārnis |
| Lithuanian | Paprastasis naktikovis |
| Malayalam | പാതിരാക്കൊക്ക് |
| Marathi | रातबगळा |
| Mongolian | Ногоовор зашин |
| Norwegian | natthegre |
| Odia | ରାତିବଗୁଲି |
| Persian | حواصیل شب |
| Polish | ślepowron |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Goraz-comum |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | socó-dorminhoco |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Goraz |
| Romanian | Stârc de noapte |
| Russian | Кваква |
| Serbian | Gak |
| Slovak | chavkoš nočný |
| Slovenian | Kvakač |
| Spanish | Martinete Común |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Garza Bruja |
| Spanish (Chile) | Huairavo común |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Martinete Coroninegro |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Guanabá de la Florida |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Rey Congo |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Garza Nocturna (Huaque) Coroninegra |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Garza Nocturna Corona Negra |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Garza Nocturna Corona Negra |
| Spanish (Panama) | Garza Nocturna Coroninegra |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Garza bruja |
| Spanish (Peru) | Huaco Común |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Yaboa Real |
| Spanish (Spain) | Martinete común |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Garza Bruja |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Guaco |
| Swedish | natthäger |
| Thai | นกแขวก |
| Turkish | Gece Balıkçılı |
| Ukrainian | Квак звичайний |
Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758)
Definitions
- NYCTICORAX
- nycticorax
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Scientific name definitions
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Authors
Roger L. Hothem, Brianne E. Brussee, William E. Davis Jr., Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Hothem, R. L., B. E. Brussee, W. E. Davis Jr., A. Martínez-Vilalta, A. Motis, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bcnher.01
Birds of North America
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Version 2.0
- Revision
- June 28, 2010
- Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Authors
Roger L. Hothem, Brianne E. Brussee, and William E. Davis Jr.
Revisors
Roger L. Hothem and Brianne E. Brussee
Recommended Citation
Hothem, R. L., B. E. Brussee, and W. E. Davis Jr. (2010). Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.74
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Print Version (requires subscription to access)
- January 1, 1993
- Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Recommended Citation
Davis, W. E., Jr. 1993. Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax). In The Birds of North America, No. 74 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington D.C.: The American Ornithologists' Union. https://doi.org/10.2173/tbna.74.p
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 19, 2016
- Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Authors
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Martínez-Vilalta, A., A. Motis, and G. M. Kirwan (2016). Black-crowned Night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
