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Black-crowned Night Heron

A wading bird on the edge of water with grey breast, navy blue cap and sharp black beak
Common Name
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
FWS Focus

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The table below is a high-level overview of the subsequent branches of this taxon, organized by taxonomic level and further subdivided by items that FWS focuses on, either through a regulatory or other capacity. You can change your list view by selecting an option from the overview table:

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Branches of Nycticorax nycticorax

Taxonomic LevelTaxaFWS Focus
Aberration0
Form0
Morph0
Race0
Stirp0
Subspecies4
Unspecified0
Variety0
All Subtaxa40

Location in Taxonomic Tree

KingdomAnimalia
SubkingdomBilateria
InfrakingdomDeuterostomia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
InfraphylumGnathostomata
SuperclassTetrapoda
ClassAves
OrderPelecaniformes
FamilyArdeidae
SubfamilyArdeinae
GenusNycticorax
SpeciesNycticorax nycticoraxFWS Focus

Viewing: descendants of Nycticorax nycticorax