PaleoDB taxon number: 368423

Alternative combination: Ardea nycticorax

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Nycticorax according to D. Michailidis et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Nycticorax caledonicus, Nycticorax duboisi, Nycticorax fidens, Nycticorax kalavikai, Nycticorax mauritianus, Nycticorax megacephalus, Nycticorax olsoni