White-backed Night Heron
Calherodius leuconotus(Wagler, JG, 1827)
English (US) White-backed Night Heron
The White-backed Night Heron (Calherodius leuconotus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns) in the order Pelecaniformes.
Range: forested wetlands from Senegal eastward locally to central Ethiopia, and southward to northern Namibia and southern South AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Calherodius leuconotus
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-backed Night Heron
- Described by
- (Wagler, JG, 1827)
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Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Ardea Leuconotus
- Described by
- (Wagler, JG, 1827)
- Type locality
- Senegambia.
- Original description
- Systema Avium pt.1 p.189, sp.33
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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