IRMNG - Nycticorax Forster, 1817

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Nycticorax Forster, 1817

IRMNG_ID

1099259 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1099259)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ardeidae Vigors, 1825

Synonymised names

Nicticorax Vian, 1886 · unaccepted

Nigricorax Gistl, 1848 · unaccepted

Nycterodius Macgillivray, 1842 · unaccepted

Nyctiardea Swainson, 1837 · unaccepted

Nycticorax Rafinesque, 1815 · unaccepted > nomen nudum

Nycticorax Möhring, 1758 · unaccepted (published in a rejected work)

Nyctocorax Gould, 1859 · unaccepted

Scotaeus Keyserling & Blasius, 1840 · unaccepted

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Species Nycticorax caledonicus (J.F. Gmelin, 1789)
Species Nycticorax goisagi Temminck, 1835
Species Nycticorax leuconotus
Species Nycticorax magnifica
Species Nycticorax melanolophus (Raffles, 1822)
Species Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Nycticorax violaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Syn. Cat. Brit. Birds
page(s): 59 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as T. Forster, 1817.

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as T. Forster, 1817. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Nycticorax Forster, 1817. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1099259 on 2025-04-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (15)
Notes (2)

original description Syn. Cat. Brit. Birds
page(s): 59 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source CoL 2006 [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Nyctiardea Swainson, 1837) N. H. Classif. Birds, 2
page(s): 354 [details]

original description (of Nyctocorax Gould, 1859) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 27
page(s): 96 [details]

original description (of Nicticorax Vian, 1886) Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 11
page(s): 414 [details]

original description (of Nigricorax Gistl, 1848) Gistel, J. (1848). Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs: Für höhere Schulen. Hoffmann, Stuttgart.. xvi+216 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175526 [details]

original description (of Nycticorax Möhring, 1758) Geslach. Vogel. (Nozem. & Vosm. ed.), 8
page(s): 75 [details]

original description (of Nycticorax Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'universe et des corps organisés. Palermo: Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/106607
page(s): 71 [details]

original description (of Nycterodius Macgillivray, 1842) Man. Brit. Orn., 2
page(s): 126 [details]

original description (of Scotaeus Keyserling & Blasius, 1840) Wirbelth. Europas, Ixxx
page(s): 220 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Includes marine species (Aphia 2006) [details]

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as T. Forster, 1817. [details]