Eastern Cattle Egret vs Réunion Night-Heron

Ardea coromanda verglichen mit Nycticorax duboisi

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Merkmal Eastern Cattle Egret Réunion Night-Heron
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ardea coromanda Nycticorax duboisi
Ordnung Pelecaniformes Pelecaniformes
Familie Ardeidae Ardeidae
Erhaltungsstatus Not Evaluated Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite
Gewicht 391,0 g (13.79 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1-9 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Eastern Cattle Egret only

Réunion Night-Heron only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Not Evaluated

Eastern Cattle 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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