Von Schrenck's Bittern vs Réunion Night-Heron
Ixobrychus eurhythmus compared with Nycticorax duboisi
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Attribute | Von Schrenck's Bittern | Réunion Night-Heron |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific Name | Ixobrychus eurhythmus | Nycticorax duboisi |
| Order | Pelecaniformes | Pelecaniformes |
| Family | Ardeidae | Ardeidae |
| Conservation Status | Least Concern | Extinct |
| Length | — | — |
| Wingspan | 28.7 cm (11.3 in) | — |
| Weight | 130.16666666666666 g (4.59 oz) | — |
| Diet | -- | -- |
| Clutch Size | 3-6 | -- |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Habitat Comparison
Shared Habitats
Von Schrenck's Bittern only
Réunion Night-Heron only
None
Conservation Status
Von Schrenck's Bittern
Réunion Night-Heron
About These Birds
Von Schrenck's Bittern
Von Schrenck's Bittern (Ixobrychus eurhythmus) is a small, secretive heron of the family Ardeidae, named in honor of the German naturalist Leopold von Schrenck who explored the Amur region of the Russian Far East in the nineteenth century. Adult males are distinctive within the genus, displaying rich chestnut-brown upperparts with a strongly contrasting, dark purplish-brown crown and nape, and pale buff to whitish underparts with dark brown streaking along the center of the throat and breast. Females and immatures are …
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 …