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Taxon:
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Nyctanassa violacea
(Linnaeus, 1758)
- yellow-crowned night heron
(bird)
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Entity:
Nyctanassa (Genus)
..Nyctanassa violacea (Species) - yellow-crowned night heron
....Nyctanassa violacea bancrofti (Subspecies)
....Nyctanassa violacea caliginis (Subspecies)
....Nyctanassa violacea cayennensis (Subspecies)
....Nyctanassa violacea pauper (Subspecies)
....Nyctanassa violacea violacea (Subspecies)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 143.
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:
Subsequent generic combination
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type of
:
Nyctanassa
(Genus)
Stejneger, 1887
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Nyctanassa violacea violacea
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Ref:
E.C. Dickinson (ed.), 2003
: 86.
[implicit]
Variants
Different spelling
:
Nyctinassa violacea
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Combinations
Basionym
:
Ardea violacea
Linnaeus, 1758
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
krabbeneter
:
geelkruinkwak
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
yellow-crowned night heron
Ref:
E.C. Dickinson (ed.), 2003
: 86.
:
yellow-crowned night-heron
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