Chinese Egret vs Réunion Night-Heron

Egretta eulophotes verglichen mit Nycticorax duboisi

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Chinese Egret Réunion Night-Heron
Wissenschaftlicher Name Egretta eulophotes Nycticorax duboisi
Ordnung Pelecaniformes Pelecaniformes
Familie Ardeidae Ardeidae
Erhaltungsstatus Vulnerable Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 50,1 cm (19.7 in)
Gewicht 468,0 g (16.51 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2-5 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Chinese Egret only

Réunion Night-Heron only

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Erhaltungsstatus

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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