White-backed Night-Heron

White-backed Night-Heron / Gorsachius leuconotus

White-backed Night-Heron

Here the details of the White-backed Night-Heron named bird below:

SCI Name:  Gorsachius leuconotus
Protonym:  Ardea Leuconotus Syst.Av. Ardea [p.189] sp.33
Taxonomy:  Pelecaniformes / Ardeidae /
Taxonomy Code:  wbnher1
Type Locality:  Senegambia.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1827
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

GORSACHIUS
(Ardeidae; Ϯ Japanese Night Heron G. goisagi) Specific name Ardea goisagi Temminck, 1836; “122. Gorsachius, Pucheran.  (Nycticorax! part. Gr.) Rostrum breve fere CUCULACEUM (LEPTOSOMI!)   As. or.  1.   ARDEA GOISAKI, Temm. (Botaurus goisagi, Reich. - Nycticorax goisagi, Gr. - Gorsachius typus, Pucheran.) Pl. col. 582. juv.. - Schleg., Faun. Jap. Av. t. 75. - Reich., Syst. Av. t. 149. f. 2566 et 2567. - Mus. Paris. adult. 1829. a Brossardo. et juv. a Temm. ex Japan. nec Ins. Philippensibus.” (Bonaparte 1855); "Gorsachius Bonaparte, Consp. Av., 2, 1855, p. 138. Type, by monotypy, Nycticorax goisagi Temminck." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 117).   
Var. Goisachius, Goisakius, GoraschiusGorsakius.   
Synon. Butio, Limnophylax, Oroanassa.

leuconotos / leuconotus
Gr. λευκος leukos  white; -νωτος -nōtos  -backed  < νωτον nōton  back.