Bermuda Night Heron
Nyctanassa carcinocatactesOlson, SL; Wingate, DB, 2006
English (US) Bermuda Night Heron
The Bermuda Night Heron (Nyctanassa carcinocatactes) 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: formerly Bermuda; extinctRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Nyctanassa carcinocatactes
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Bermuda Night Heron
- Described by
- Olson, SL; Wingate, DB, 2006
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Olson, SL; Wingate, DB, 2006
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119, no.2 p.329 [326-337].
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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