Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       [Order] Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
         Family Ardeidae Leach, 1820 - herons, bitterns and egrets
           Subfamily Ardeinae Leach, 1820
             Genus Nycticorax Forster, 1817
               Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin, 1789) - rufous night heron
                 1 ‡Nycticorax caledonicus crassirostris Vigors, 1839
                 2 Nycticorax caledonicus manillensis Vigors, 1831
                 3 Nycticorax caledonicus hilli Mathews, 1912
                 4 Nycticorax caledonicus pelewensis Mathews, 1926
                 5 Nycticorax caledonicus caledonicus (Gmelin, 1789)
                 6 Nycticorax caledonicus mandibularis Ogilvie-Grant, 1888