Yellow-crowned night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758) breeding in Boca Raton FL April 2005
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom Animalia -- Animal; Phylum Chordata -- chordates; Subphylum Vertebrata -- vertebrates; Class -- birds; Order Ciconiiformes -- aigles, albatrosses, alcidés, alcids, auks, cigognes, cormorans, cormorants, diurnal birds of prey, eagles, éperviers, falconiforms, falcons, faucons, flamants, flamingos, goélands, grebes, grèbes, gulls, hawks, herons, hérons, huarts, huîtriers, ibis, ibises, loons, osprey, oystercatchers, pelicans, pélicans, penguins, petrels, pétrels, pingouins, plovers, pluviers, shearwaters, shore birds, storks, totipalmate swimmers, totipalmés, tube-nosed swimmers, tubinares; Family Ardeidae -- bitterns, egrets, herons; Genus Nyctanassa Stejneger, 1887; Species Nyctanassa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758) -- bihoreau violacé, Pedrete corona clara, yellow-crowned night-heron
Direct Children: Subspecies Nyctanassa violacea bancrofti, Subspecies Nyctanassa violacea violacea.
Read MoreKingdom Animalia -- Animal; Phylum Chordata -- chordates; Subphylum Vertebrata -- vertebrates; Class -- birds; Order Ciconiiformes -- aigles, albatrosses, alcidés, alcids, auks, cigognes, cormorans, cormorants, diurnal birds of prey, eagles, éperviers, falconiforms, falcons, faucons, flamants, flamingos, goélands, grebes, grèbes, gulls, hawks, herons, hérons, huarts, huîtriers, ibis, ibises, loons, osprey, oystercatchers, pelicans, pélicans, penguins, petrels, pétrels, pingouins, plovers, pluviers, shearwaters, shore birds, storks, totipalmate swimmers, totipalmés, tube-nosed swimmers, tubinares; Family Ardeidae -- bitterns, egrets, herons; Genus Nyctanassa Stejneger, 1887; Species Nyctanassa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758) -- bihoreau violacé, Pedrete corona clara, yellow-crowned night-heron
Direct Children: Subspecies Nyctanassa violacea bancrofti, Subspecies Nyctanassa violacea violacea.