Nycticorax nycticorax (black-crowned night heron) | CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia (turtles, snakes, lizards, and relatives)
        
        Class Aves (birds)
        
        Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
        
        Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
        
        Order Ciconiiformes (storks and relatives)
        
        Family Ardeidae (herons)
        
        Subfamily Ardeinae (herons and egrets)
        
        Genus Nycticorax (night-herons)
        
        Species Nycticorax nycticorax (black-crowned night heron)
        
        Subspecies Nycticorax nycticorax falklandicus
        
        Subspecies Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli
        
        Subspecies Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax
        
        Subspecies Nycticorax nycticorax obscurus