Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (71)
- Subspecies (4)
Roger L. Hothem, Brianne E. Brussee, William E. Davis Jr., Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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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)
PROTONYM:
Ardea Nycticorax
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.142.
TYPE LOCALITY:
southern Europe.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- NYCTICORAX
- nycticorax
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Black-crowned Night Heron
