White-backed Night-Heron / Gorsachius leuconotus
WBN 
White-backed Night-Heron
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ardea Leuconotus Syst.Av. Ardea [p.189] sp.33
Taxonomy: Pelecaniformes / Ardeidae / Gorsachius
Taxonomy Code: wbnher1
Type Locality: Senegambia.
Author: Wagler
Publish Year: 1827
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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, Goraschius, Gorsakius.
Synon. Butio, Limnophylax, Oroanassa.
leuconotos / leuconotus
Gr. λευκος leukos white; -νωτος -nōtos -backed < νωτον nōton back.
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)
