Species profile—Nycticorax caledonicus (nankeen night-heron)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Ardeidae (herons, egrets and bitterns) → Nycticorax caledonicus (nankeen night-heron)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Ardeidae (herons, egrets and bitterns)
- Scientific name
- Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin, 1789)
- Common name
- nankeen night-heron
- Type reference
- Gmelin, G.F. (1789). Systema Naturae, & c. Linneai, Caroli. Edito decima tertia, aucta reformata, cura J. F. Gmelin.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1818
- Alternate name(s)
- nankeen night heron
rufous night-heron
nankeen crane - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1818.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
