Genus Nycticorax T. Forster, 1817
- Nycticorax Forster, J.R. 1817. Synonymic Catalogue of British Birds. London : British Museum Vol. 17. [59].
Type species:
Nycticorax infaustus Forster, T., 1817 (= Ardea nycticorax Linnaeus, 1758) by Linnaean tautonymy.Secondary source:
Mathews, G.M. 1927. Systema Avium Australasianarum. A systematic list of the birds of the Australasian region. London : British Ornithologists' Union Pt 1 iv 426 pp. [199]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [57]; Payne, R.B. 1979. family Ardeidae. pp.193-244 in Mayr, E. & Cottrell, G.W. Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Museum of Comparative Zoology Vol. 1 Edn 2, pp.xvii + 547. [228]; Scofield, R.P. 2010. Order CICONIIFORMES: Herons, Ibises and Allies. pp.156-168 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [163]. Type species:
Ardea nycticorax Linnaeus, C., 1758 by original designation.- Nycticorax Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organises. Palermo (Italy) : Privately Published 224 pp. [Date published April to July] [71] [nomen nudum = Nycticorax Linnaeus, 1758].
Type species:
Ardea nycticorax Linnaeus, C., 1758 by original designation.Secondary source:
Sharpe, R.B. 1898. Plataleae (Ibises and Spoonbills) and Herodiones (Herons and Storks). pp.1-328 in Sharpe, R.B. & Ogilvie-Grant, W.R. Catalogue of the Plataleae, Herodiones, Steganopodes, Pygopodes, Alcae, and Impennes in the Collection of the British Museum. London : Trustees British Museum Vol. 26 pp. xvii + 687. [145]. - Nyctiardea Swainson, W. 1837. On the Natural History and Classification of Birds. In, Lardner, D. (ed.). The Cabinet Cyclopaedia. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman and John Taylor Vol. 2(92) vi 398 pp. [publication dated 1836-1837 Kluge, A.G. 1971. John Edward Gray and "The Zoological Miscellany". In Gray, J.E. (1831–1844). The Zoological Miscellany. [reprint]. U.S.A. Misc. Publ. of Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.] [354] [new name for Nycticorax, Forster, 1817].
- Scotaeus Keyserling, A.F. & Blasius, J.H. 1840. Die Wirbelthiere Europa's; Die Unterscheidenden Charactere. Braunschweig : Friedrich Vieweg Vol. 1 xcviii 248 pp. [lxxx, 220] [new name for Nycticorax Forster, 1817].
Type species:
Ardea nycticorax Linnaeus, C., 1758 by Linnaean tautonymy. - Nycterodius MacGillivray, W. 1842. A Manual of British Ornithology. The water birds. London : Scott, Webster & Geary Vol. 2 pp.242. [126] [new name for Nycticorax Forster, 1817].
Type species:
Ardea nycticorax Linnaeus, C., 1766 (= Ardea nycticorax Linnaeus, 1766) by original designation. - Calherodius Bonaparte, C.L. 1855. Conspectus Generum Avium. Lugduni, Batavorum : E.J. Brill Vol. 2 232 pp. [dated 1850-1857] [139].
Type species:
Ardea cucullata Lichtenstein, M.H.K., 1854 (= Nycticorax leuconotus Wagler, 1827) by monotypy, see Sharpe, R.B. 1898. Plataleae (Ibises and Spoonbills) and Herodiones (Herons and Storks). pp.1-328 in Sharpe, R.B. & Ogilvie-Grant, W.R. Catalogue of the Plataleae, Herodiones, Steganopodes, Pygopodes, Alcae, and Impennes in the Collection of the British Museum. London : Trustees British Museum Vol. 26 pp. xvii + 687. [157]; Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. 2010. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [163].
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2020 | CICONIIFORMES | 02-Sep-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |