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Scientific Name
Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
Park
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (HAVO)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
ʻAukuʻu, Black-crowned Night Heron
Park Synonyms
Nycticorax nycticorax
Taxonomic Hierarchy
KingdomAnimalia
SubkingdomBilateria
Infrakingdom Deuterostomia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
Infraphylum Gnathostomata
SuperclassTetrapoda
ClassAves
OrderPelecaniformes
FamilyArdeidae
GenusNycticorax
SpeciesNycticorax nycticorax
SubspeciesNycticorax nycticorax hoactli
Occurrence
Present
Nativeness
Native
Nativeness Notes
Indigenous
Abundance
Occasional
Management Tags
  • Management Priority
    Species of Concern
Seasonality Tags
  • Migratory
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
1
References
1
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
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Created Date
6/27/2005 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
kweisenborn@nps.gov
Last Modified Date
7/22/2021 8:38:27 PM
Notes
Updates to subspecies based from most recent Gill, Donsker and Rasmussen list from the IOC - Master Lists - IOC Word Bird List (worldbirdnames.org), version 11.2. Park Species Data Source: Roberta Swift. During the fall of 2014 Steve Fancy, Thane Pratt, and Jack Jeffrey reviewed the bird list in preparation for the 2015 Bioblitz using names from the most recent AOU Checklist of North and Middle American Birds and their collective judgment using eBird observations.
Other Parks
Haleakala National Park (HALE)
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park (KAHO)
Kalaupapa National Historical Park (KALA)
Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site (PUHE)
Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park (PUHO)
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