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Rodrigues Night Heron Nycticorax megacephalus Scientific name definitions
- EX Extinct
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
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Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Родригеска нощна чапла |
| Catalan | martinet de nit de Rodrigues |
| Czech | kvakoš rodrigueský |
| Dutch | Rodrigueskwak |
| English | Rodrigues Night Heron |
| English (United States) | Rodrigues Night Heron |
| French | Bihoreau de Rodrigues |
| French (France) | Bihoreau de Rodrigues |
| German | Rodrigues-Nachtreiher |
| Japanese | ロドリゲスゴイサギ |
| Norwegian | rodriguesnatthegre |
| Polish | ślepowron wielkogłowy |
| Russian | Родригесская кваква |
| Serbian | Gak sa ostrva Rodrigez (izumro) |
| Slovak | chavkoš rodrigueský |
| Spanish | Martinete de Rodrigues |
| Spanish (Spain) | Martinete de Rodrigues |
| Swedish | rodriguesnatthäger |
| Turkish | Rodrigez Gece Balıkçılı |
| Ukrainian | Квак родригійський |
Nycticorax megacephalus (Milne-Edwards, 1874)
PROTONYM:
Ardea megacephala
Milne-Edwards, 1874. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Zoologie et Pale_ontologie 19(3), 1-31.
TYPE LOCALITY:
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- NYCTICORAX
- nycticorax
- megacephalus
- Megacephalus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Rodrigues Night Heron
