Names
| Dutch name | Kwak |
| English name | Black-crowned Night Heron |
| Alternative English name | Night Gaulin (St. Martin) |
| Papiamento name | Krabèchi Brachi Preto (Aruba) |
| Papiamento name | Krabèchi Brachi Pretu (Bonaire, Curaçao) |
| Papiamento name | Galiña di Awa |
| Valid name | Nycticorax nycticorax subsp. hoactli (Gmelin, 1789) |
Classification
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Animalia [kingdom]
Animals
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Chordata [phylum]
Chordates
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Aves [class]
Birds
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Pelecaniformes [order]
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Ardeidae [family]
Herons, Bitterns
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Nycticorax Forster, 1817 [genus]
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Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758) [species]
Black-crowned Night Heron
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Nycticorax nycticorax subsp. hoactli (Gmelin, 1789) [subspecies]
Black-crowned Night Heron
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Nycticorax nycticorax subsp. hoactli (Gmelin, 1789) [subspecies]
Black-crowned Night Heron
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Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758) [species]
Black-crowned Night Heron
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Nycticorax Forster, 1817 [genus]
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Ardeidae [family]
Herons, Bitterns
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Pelecaniformes [order]
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Aves [class]
Birds
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Chordata [phylum]
Chordates