Madagascar Heron vs Rodrigues Night-Heron

Ardea humbloti مقارنةً بـ Nycticorax megacephalus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Madagascar Heron Rodrigues Night-Heron
الاسم العلمي Ardea humbloti Nycticorax megacephalus
الرتبة Pelecaniformes Pelecaniformes
الفصيلة Ardeidae Ardeidae
حالة الحفاظ Endangered Extinct
الطول
طول الجناح 89,8 cm (35.4 in)
الوزن 1060,0 g (37.39 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Madagascar Heron only

Rodrigues Night-Heron only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Endangered

Madagascar Heron

Extinct

Rodrigues Night-Heron

About These Birds

Rodrigues Night-Heron

The Rodrigues Night-Heron (Nycticorax megacephalus) is an extinct species of night-heron belonging to the family Ardeidae, formerly endemic to the island of Rodrigues in the Mascarene island group in the southwestern Indian Ocean. The species is known from subfossil and fossil bones, supplemented by historical accounts by French colonists and castaways who visited or were stranded on Rodrigues in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The scientific name megacephalus means 'large-headed' in Greek, a morphological feature noted in the skeletal …

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