Chinese Egret vs Réunion Night-Heron

Egretta eulophotes مقارنةً بـ Nycticorax duboisi

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Chinese Egret Réunion Night-Heron
الاسم العلمي Egretta eulophotes Nycticorax duboisi
الرتبة Pelecaniformes Pelecaniformes
الفصيلة Ardeidae Ardeidae
حالة الحفاظ Vulnerable Extinct
الطول
طول الجناح 50,1 cm (19.7 in)
الوزن 468,0 g (16.51 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-5 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Chinese Egret only

Réunion Night-Heron only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Vulnerable

Chinese Egret

Extinct

Réunion Night-Heron

About These Birds

Réunion Night-Heron

The Réunion Night-Heron (Nycticorax duboisi) is an extinct species of night-heron belonging to the family Ardeidae, formerly endemic to the island of Réunion in the southwestern Indian Ocean. The species is known only from a brief historical description by the early European traveler Dubois, who visited Réunion in 1671–1672 and described a large, gray-colored bird with a white belly that was hunted and eaten by settlers. No specimens are known to exist in museum collections, and no skeletal remains have …

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