NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
White-backed Night Heron
Calherodius leuconotus (Wagler, 1827)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Calherodius leuconotus (Wagler, 1827)
- Name authority
- (Wagler, 1827)
- Common name
- White-backed Night Heron
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Ardeidae
- Genus
- Calherodius
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPelecaniformes
- familyArdeidae Leach, 1820
- genusCalherodius Bonaparte, 1855
- speciesCalherodius leuconotus (Wagler, 1827)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Nycticorax leuconotus (Wagler, 1827) (Wagler, 1827) | synonym |
| Calherodius leuconotus leuconotus (Wagler, 1827) (Wagler, 1827) | synonym |
| Calherodius leuconotus natalensis A. Roberts, 1933 A. Roberts, 1933 | synonym |
| Gorsachius leuconotus (Wagler, 1827) (Wagler, 1827) | synonym |
| Ardea leuconotus Wagler, 1827 Wagler, 1827 | synonym |
| Gorsachius leuconotus leuconotus (Wagler, 1827) (Wagler, 1827) | synonym |
| Gorsachius leuconotus natalensis (A. Roberts, 1933) (A. Roberts, 1933) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1244844 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:CQ449. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.