Ascension Night Heron
Nycticorax olsoniBourne, WRP; Ashmole, NP; Simmons, KELR, 2003
English (US) Ascension Night Heron
The Ascension Night Heron (Nycticorax olsoni) 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 Ascension Island; known from subfossil bonesRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Nycticorax olsoni
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Ascension Night Heron
- Described by
- Bourne, WRP; Ashmole, NP; Simmons, KELR, 2003
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Bourne, WRP; Ashmole, NP; Simmons, KELR, 2003
- Original description
- Ardea 91 p.45-51
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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