Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Here the details of the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ardea violacea Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.143
Taxonomy: Pelecaniformes / Ardeidae / Nyctanassa
Taxonomy Code: ycnher
Type Locality: North America = Carolina, ex Catesby.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
NYCTANASSA
(Ardeidae; Ϯ Yellow-crowned Night Heron N. violacea) Gr. νυξ nux, νυκτος nuktos night; ανασσα anassa queen, lady < αναξ anax, ανακτος anaktos king (cf. νασσα nassa duck); "1842.— Nycterodius* MACGILLIVRAY, Man. Brit. Orn., II, p. 126 (same type) (nec REICHENB., 1852.) ... *It will be seen that this name antedates Nyctherodius REICHENBACH by ten years. As no other generic name seems available for the Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Ardea violacea LINN.), I propose Nyctanassa (νυξ, night, ανασσα, queen) as a new name for this type, which should stand as Nyctanassa violacea." (Stejneger 1887).
Var. Nyctinassa.
Synon. Nyctherodius.
violacea
L. violaceus violet-coloured, violaceous < viola violet.
● ex “Grand Traquet des Phillippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 185, fig. 2 (syn. Agropsar philippensis).
● ex “Fringilla violacea, fronte subtusque flavissima” of Linnaeus 1746 (Euphonia).
● "76. ARDEA. ... violacea. 12. A. crista flava, corpore nigro-cærulescente, fascia temporali alba. Ardea stellaris cristata americana. Catesb. car. 1. p. 79. t. 79. Habitat in America septentrionali." (Linnaeus 1758) (Nyctanassa).
● ex “Hirondelle de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 722 (syn. Progne subis).
● ex "Coccothraustes purpurea. Purple Gross-beak" of Catesby 1731 (Pyrrhulagra).
SUBSPECIES
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Yellow-crowned)
SCI Name: Nyctanassa violacea [violacea Group]
NYCTANASSA
(Ardeidae; Ϯ Yellow-crowned Night Heron N. violacea) Gr. νυξ nux, νυκτος nuktos night; ανασσα anassa queen, lady < αναξ anax, ανακτος anaktos king (cf. νασσα nassa duck); "1842.— Nycterodius* MACGILLIVRAY, Man. Brit. Orn., II, p. 126 (same type) (nec REICHENB., 1852.) ... *It will be seen that this name antedates Nyctherodius REICHENBACH by ten years. As no other generic name seems available for the Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Ardea violacea LINN.), I propose Nyctanassa (νυξ, night, ανασσα, queen) as a new name for this type, which should stand as Nyctanassa violacea." (Stejneger 1887).
Var. Nyctinassa.
Synon. Nyctherodius.
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Galapagos)
SCI Name: Nyctanassa violacea pauper
pauper / paupera
L. pauper, pauperis poor, meagre (e.g. plain, dull).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)