Black-crowned Night-Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

General Status Rank: 
Not Ranked (Not Assessed)
Common Name: 
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Scientific Name: 
Nycticorax nycticorax
Taxonomy
Group: 
Bird
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Chordata
Class: 
Aves
Order: 
Pelecaniformes
Family: 
Ardeidae
References: 
Distribution

Ecozones

Taiga Plains
References: 

Number of Occurrences

Potential record from Hay River region of NT. No record in e-bird
Score: 
A
References: 
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Not Ranked (Not Assessed)
S Rank: 
SNA
Decision Process Description: 
Added to list in 2009 (SC) data from CWS; Reviewed by Bird list and CWS, stay off the listReviewed by Check list group (D Britton, C Eckert, D tate, R. Pankratz, S Carriere) 2016: Not assessed (deleted from vagrant list)
Last Updated: 
September 7, 2016

References

Ecozones

  • Amer, Lindsay (2009) CWS Review: General Species Rankings for NT - Birds E-mail to S Carriere (16/09/2009). Lindsay Armer, Ornis oikos Consulting, 950 Westmount Court, Bathurst NB, E2A 4V9; Phone (506) 545-7261; Email: linds.armer@mac.com - H228 Return

Number of Occurrences

  • Canadian Wildlife Service, Prairie & Northern Region (2009). (2009) Northwest Territories/Nunavut Bird Checklist Survey program data (unpublished).. Retrieved 31 March 2009, from Checklist database. E-mail CWS Review: General Species Rankings for NT - Birds (attachment) from Lindsay Amer to S Carriere - DD6 Return
  • Amer, Lindsay (2009) CWS Review: General Species Rankings for NT - Birds E-mail to S Carriere (16/09/2009). Lindsay Armer, Ornis oikos Consulting, 950 Westmount Court, Bathurst NB, E2A 4V9; Phone (506) 545-7261; Email: linds.armer@mac.com - H228 Return

Taxonomy

  • Chesser, R. Terry, Richard C. Banks, F. Keith Barker, Carla Cicero, Jon L. Dunn, Andrew W. Kratter, Irby J. Lovette, Pamela C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, James D. Rising, Douglas F. Stotz, Kevin Winker. (2010) Fifty-first supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds.. Auk 127(3):726-744. - ASC13 Return