Madagascar Heron vs Réunion Night-Heron

Ardea humbloti verglichen mit Nycticorax duboisi

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Madagascar Heron Réunion Night-Heron
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ardea humbloti Nycticorax duboisi
Ordnung Pelecaniformes Pelecaniformes
Familie Ardeidae Ardeidae
Erhaltungsstatus Endangered Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 89,8 cm (35.4 in)
Gewicht 1060,0 g (37.39 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Madagascar Heron only

Réunion Night-Heron only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Endangered

Madagascar Heron

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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