Réunion Night-Heron vs Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax duboisi verglichen mit Nycticorax nycticorax

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Merkmal Réunion Night-Heron Black-crowned Night Heron
Wissenschaftlicher Name Nycticorax duboisi Nycticorax nycticorax
Ordnung Pelecaniformes Pelecaniformes
Familie Ardeidae Ardeidae
Erhaltungsstatus Extinct Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 57,1 cm (22.5 in)
Gewicht 779,425 g (27.49 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- 1-8
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Réunion Night-Heron only

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Black-crowned Night Heron only

Erhaltungsstatus

Extinct

Réunion Night-Heron

Least Concern

Black-crowned 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 …

Black-crowned Night Heron

The Black-crowned Night Heron is a stocky, medium-sized heron with a distinctive black crown and back, grey wings, and white underparts, found on every continent except Australia and Antarctica. It inhabits a wide range of wetlands including marshes, swamps, rivers, and coastal areas, feeding nocturnally on fish, frogs, invertebrates, and small mammals. It nests colonially in trees or shrubs near water.

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