Rodrigues Night-Heron vs Forest Bittern

Nycticorax megacephalus مقارنةً بـ Zonerodius heliosylus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Rodrigues Night-Heron Forest Bittern
الاسم العلمي Nycticorax megacephalus Zonerodius heliosylus
الرتبة Pelecaniformes Pelecaniformes
الفصيلة Ardeidae Ardeidae
حالة الحفاظ Extinct Near Threatened
الطول
طول الجناح 60,6 cm (23.9 in)
الوزن 802,0 g (28.29 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Rodrigues Night-Heron only

بلا

Forest Bittern only

حالة الحفاظ

Extinct

Rodrigues Night-Heron

Near Threatened

Forest Bittern

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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