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Nycticorax Caledonicus
Nankeen Nan*keen", n. [So called from its being originally manufactured at Nankin, in China.] [Written also nankin.] 1. A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color quite indestructible and permanent. 2. An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring. 3. pl. Trousers made of nankeen. --Ld. Lytton. Nankeen bird (Zo["o]l.), the Australian night heron (Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker.

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- Nycticorax is a genus of night herons. The name Nycticorax means "night raven" and derives from the Ancient Gr**** νύκτος, nuktos "night" and κοραξ, korax...
- The black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), or black-capped night-heron, commonly shortened to just night-heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized...
- medium-sized herons, 58–65 cm, in the genera Nycticorax, Nyctan****a, and Gorsachius. The genus name Nycticorax derives from the Gr**** for "night raven" and...
- The nankeen night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus) is a heron that belongs to the genus Nycticorax and the family Ardeidae. Due to its distinctive reddish-brown...
- Range of N. violacea   Breeding range   Year-round range   Wintering range Synonyms Ardea violacea Linnaeus, 1758 Nycticorax violaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)...
- extinct heron species from Bermuda. It is sometimes ****igned to the genus Nycticorax. It was first described by Storrs L. Olson & David B. Wingate (2006) from...
- Island brown kiwi, Apteryx mantelli Black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax Short-eared owl, Asio flammeus Long-eared owl, Asio otus Great horned...
- The Rodrigues night heron (Nycticorax megacephalus) is an extinct species of heron that was endemic to the Mascarene island of Rodrigues in the Indian...
- The Ascension night heron (Nycticorax olsoni) is an extinct night heron species from the genus Nycticorax endemic to the South Atlantic island of Ascension...
- The Mauritius night heron (Nycticorax mauriti****) is an extinct night heron species from Mauritius. It is only known by seven subfossil bone remains consisted...