Réunion Night-Heron vs White-crested Tiger-Heron

Nycticorax duboisi verglichen mit Tigriornis leucolopha

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Réunion Night-Heron White-crested Tiger-Heron
Wissenschaftlicher Name Nycticorax duboisi Tigriornis leucolopha
Ordnung Pelecaniformes Pelecaniformes
Familie Ardeidae Ardeidae
Erhaltungsstatus Extinct Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 53,2 cm (20.9 in)
Gewicht 846,0 g (29.84 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Réunion Night-Heron only

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White-crested Tiger-Heron only

Erhaltungsstatus

Extinct

Réunion Night-Heron

Least Concern

White-crested Tiger-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 …

White-crested Tiger-Heron

The White-crested Tiger-Heron (Tigriornis leucolopha) is a medium-large heron of the family Ardeidae and the sole member of its genus. It is a secretive and poorly known bird of West and Central African rainforests, inhabiting dense lowland forest along streams and rivers. Adults have a cryptically patterned plumage of black and rufous-brown barring on the upperparts and wings — the tiger-like pattern that gives the genus its name — with a whitish or pale crest on the crown and nape. …

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