Kanadareiher vs Réunion Night-Heron

Ardea herodias verglichen mit Nycticorax duboisi

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Kanadareiher Réunion Night-Heron
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ardea herodias Nycticorax duboisi
Ordnung Pelecaniformes Pelecaniformes
Familie Ardeidae Ardeidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Extinct
Länge 117,0 cm (46.1 in) —
Flügelspannweite 183,0 cm (72.0 in) —
Gewicht 2400,0 g (84.66 oz) —
Ernährung Primarily fish, also frogs, snakes, small mammals, insects, and other birds. Hunts by standing motionless … --
Gelegegröße 2-7 --
Population Trend — —

Size Comparison

Body Length
Kanadareiher 117,0 cm
Réunion Night-Heron —
Flügelspannweite
Kanadareiher 183,0 cm
Réunion Night-Heron —
Gewicht
Kanadareiher 2400,0 g
Réunion Night-Heron —

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Kanadareiher only

Réunion Night-Heron only

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Kanadareiher

Wetlands of all types including marshes, swamps, riverbanks, lake edges, and coastal shores. Also hunts in fields and meadows.

Song & Call Comparison

Kanadareiher

Gesang

Deep, harsh, croaking 'frahnk-frahnk' call in flight. Also gives low guttural grunts at the nest. Alarmed birds give repeated croaks. Mostly silent for such a large wader.

Réunion Night-Heron

Geographic Range & Migration

Kanadareiher

North and Central America from Alaska and southern Canada to the Caribbean and Galapagos Islands.

Réunion Night-Heron

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Kanadareiher

Extinct

Réunion Night-Heron

How to Tell Them Apart

Kanadareiher

Gefieder

Blue-grey body with a white head bearing a broad black stripe extending to a long black plume. Rufous-brown thighs. In flight, the neck is folded into an S-shape.

Schnabel

Long, dagger-like yellowish bill

Réunion Night-Heron

About These Birds

Kanadareiher

Der Kanadareiher ist mit einer Höhe von bis zu 1,4 Metern der größte Reiher Nordamerikas. Diese geduldigen Jäger können lange Zeit reglos verharren, bevor sie mit bemerkenswerter Geschwindigkeit nach Beute stoßen. Sie brüten in großen Kolonien, sogenannten Reiherkolonien, und kehren oft Jahr für Jahr an denselben Ort zurück.

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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