Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
Count: [s] 23o;193f;2136g;9595s;8ss; ‡1f;26g;131s
   Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
  Count: [s] 23o;193f;2136g;9595s;8ss; ‡1f;26g;131s
     Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
    Count: [s] 23o;187f;2121g;9539s; ‡1f;26g;128s
       Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
      Count: [s] 23o;187f;2121g;9539s; ‡1f;26g;128s
         Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
        Count: [*] 21o;179f;1992g;9095s; ‡1f;23g;120s
           Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
          Count: [*] 21o;179f;1992g;9095s; ‡1f;23g;120s
             [Order] Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
            Count: [*†*] 3f;39g;115s;134ss; ‡1s;2ss
               Family Ardeidae Leach, 1820 - herons, bitterns and egrets
              Count: [*†*] 19g;64s;101ss; ‡1s;1ss
                 Subfamily Ardeinae Leach, 1820
                Count: [*†*] 10g;44s;74ss; ‡1ss
                   Genus Nycticorax Forster, 1817
                  Count: [*†*] 2s;9ss; ‡1ss
                     Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin, 1789) - rufous night heron
                    Count: [*†*] 5ss; ‡1ss
                       1 ‡Nycticorax caledonicus crassirostris Vigors, 1839
                      Count: -
                       2 Nycticorax caledonicus manillensis Vigors, 1831
                      Count: -
                       3 Nycticorax caledonicus hilli Mathews, 1912
                      Count: -
                       4 Nycticorax caledonicus pelewensis Mathews, 1926
                      Count: -
                       5 Nycticorax caledonicus caledonicus (Gmelin, 1789)
                      Count: -
                       6 Nycticorax caledonicus mandibularis Ogilvie-Grant, 1888
                      Count: -