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Nyctanassa is a genus of night herons from the Americas, especially (but not exclusively) warmer coastal regions. They were formerly included in the genus Nycticorax, but today all major authorities recognize them as distinct.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPelecaniformes
  5. FamilyArdeidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded877,313

Nyctanassa Stejneger, 1887 è un genere di uccelli della famiglia degli Ardeidi.[2] Indice 1 Tassonomia 2 Note 3 Altri progetti 4 Collegamenti esterni Tassonomia Il gemere comprende le seguenti specie:[2] Nyctanassa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758) - nitticora capogiallo Nyctanassa carcinocatactes † Olson & Wingate, 2006 - nitticora delle Bermude Note ^ (EN) BirdLife International 2012, Nyctanassa, su IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Versione 2020.2, IUCN, 2020. URL consultato il 4 dicembre 2016. ^ a b (EN) Gill F. and Donsker D. (eds), Family Ardeidae, in IOC World Bird Names (ver 9.2), International Ornithologists’ Union, 2019. URL consultato il 4 dicembre 2016.

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Nyctanassa is a genus of night herons from the Americas, especially (but not exclusively) warmer coastal regions. They were formerly included in the genus Nycticorax, but today all major authorities recognize them as distinct.

==Taxonomy== The genus Nyctanassa was introduced in 1887 by the Norwegian born zoologist Leonhard Stejneger to accommodate a single species, the yellow-crowned night heron, which is therefore the type species.

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