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Niue Night Heron

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Niue Night Heron

Summary

Niue Night Heron is a fossil taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (50 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Niue Night Heron's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[3].
  • Niue Night Heron is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Niue Night Heron belongs to the parent taxon Nycticorax[5].
  • Niue Night Heron's scientific name is Nycticorax kalavikai[6].
  • Niue Night Heron's Commons category is recorded as Nycticorax kalavikai[7].
  • Niue Night Heron's short name is recorded as N. kalavikai[8].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Niue Night Heron is Nycticorax kalavikai[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Nycticorax[5].

Identifiers

Niue Night Heron's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 774658[9]. Niue Night Heron's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 11175066[10].

Why It Matters

Niue Night Heron ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (50 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · Maculosae tegmine lyncis · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Nycticorax
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → fossil taxon
    Taxon rank → species
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P373]]: Nycticorax kalavikai"
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