Madagascar Heron vs New Zealand Little Bittern

Ardea humbloti verglichen mit Ixobrychus novaezelandiae

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Merkmal Madagascar Heron New Zealand Little Bittern
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ardea humbloti Ixobrychus novaezelandiae
Ordnung Pelecaniformes Pelecaniformes
Familie Ardeidae Ardeidae
Erhaltungsstatus Endangered Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 89,8 cm (35.4 in)
Gewicht 1060,0 g (37.39 oz) 104,5 g (3.69 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 3 2-9
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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Madagascar Heron only

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New Zealand Little Bittern only

Erhaltungsstatus

Endangered

Madagascar Heron

Extinct

New Zealand Little Bittern

About These Birds

New Zealand Little Bittern

The New Zealand Little Bittern (Ixobrychus novaezelandiae) is an extinct species of small heron belonging to the family Ardeidae, formerly endemic to the North Island, South Island, and possibly other islands of New Zealand. Known from subfossil bones and a small number of specimens collected in the nineteenth century, this bittern appears to have been similar in general structure to other small Ixobrychus bitterns but with plumage that reportedly differed from its congeners, showing more brownish and streaked tones. It …

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