Agami Heron vs Rodrigues Night-Heron

Agamia agami comparado con Nycticorax megacephalus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Agami Heron Rodrigues Night-Heron
Nombre científico Agamia agami Nycticorax megacephalus
Orden Pelecaniformes Pelecaniformes
Familia Ardeidae Ardeidae
Estado de conservación Near Threatened Extinct
Longitud
Envergadura 54,7 cm (21.5 in)
Peso 527,5 g (18.61 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 2-4 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Agami Heron only

Rodrigues Night-Heron only

Ninguno

Estado de conservación

Near Threatened

Agami Heron

Extinct

Rodrigues Night-Heron

About These Birds

Agami Heron

La garza agamí es una inconfundible garza de los bosques tropicales de América Central y el norte de Sudamérica. Su largo pico puntiagudo, el cuello castaño y el plumaje de cría ornado la hacen característica. Habita en orillas sombreadas de ríos forestales. Familia Ardeidae.

Rodrigues Night-Heron

The Rodrigues Night-Heron (Nycticorax megacephalus) is an extinct species of night-heron belonging to the family Ardeidae, formerly endemic to the island of Rodrigues in the Mascarene island group in the southwestern Indian Ocean. The species is known from subfossil and fossil bones, supplemented by historical accounts by French colonists and castaways who visited or were stranded on Rodrigues in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The scientific name megacephalus means 'large-headed' in Greek, a morphological feature noted in the skeletal …

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