Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witrugnagreier |
| Bulgarian | Белогърба нощна чапла |
| Czech | kvakoš africký |
| Dutch | Witrugkwak |
| English | White-backed Night-Heron |
| English (Kenya) | White-backed Night Heron |
| English (United States) | White-backed Night-Heron |
| Finnish | silmälasihaikara |
| French | Bihoreau à dos blanc |
| French (French Guiana) | Bihoreau à dos blanc |
| German | Weißrückenreiher |
| Icelandic | Söðulhegri |
| Japanese | セジロミゾゴイ |
| Norwegian | brilledverghegre |
| Polish | ślepowron białogrzbiety |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Goraz-de-dorso-branco |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garça-nocturna-de-dorso-branco |
| Russian | Белоспинная кваква |
| Serbian | Beloleđi gak |
| Slovak | chavkoš bielochrbtý |
| Spanish | Martinete Encapuchado |
| Spanish (Spain) | Martinete encapuchado |
| Swedish | vitryggig natthäger |
| Turkish | Gözlüklü Gece Balıkçılı |
| Ukrainian | Квак білобокий |
Gorsachius leuconotus (Wagler, 1827)
PROTONYM:
Ardea Leuconotus
Wagler, 1827. Syst.Av. Ardea, [p.189] sp.33.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Senegambia.
Definitions
- GORSACHIUS
- leuconotos / leuconotus
The Key to Scientific Names
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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)
SPECIES
White-backed Night-Heron Gorsachius leuconotus Scientific name definitions
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 16, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 16, 2014
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- White-backed Night-Heron Gorsachius leuconotus
Authors
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Martínez-Vilalta, A., A. Motis, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). White-backed Night-Heron (Gorsachius leuconotus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.wbnher1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- March 16, 2014
- White-backed Night-heron Calherodius leuconotus
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 (2014). White-backed Night-heron (Calherodius leuconotus). 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.