White-backed night heron
| White-backed night heron | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Pelecaniformes |
| Family: | Ardeidae |
| Genus: | Gorsachius |
| Species: | G. leuconotus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gorsachius leuconotus (Wagler, 1827) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Nycticorax leuconotus | |
The white-backed night heron (Gorsachius leuconotus) is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family. This relatively small and dark night heron is found throughout a large part of sub-Saharan Africa. It was formerly placed in the genus Nycticorax.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Gorsachius leuconotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- White-backed night heron - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds