Rodrigues Night-Heron vs Forest Bittern

Nycticorax megacephalus 比較対象 Zonerodius heliosylus

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Rodrigues Night-Heron Forest Bittern
学名 Nycticorax megacephalus Zonerodius heliosylus
Pelecaniformes Pelecaniformes
Ardeidae Ardeidae
保全状況 Extinct Near Threatened
体長
翼開長 60.6 cm (23.9 in)
体重 802.0 g (28.29 oz)
食性 -- --
一腹卵数 -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Rodrigues Night-Heron only

None

Forest Bittern only

保全状況

Extinct

Rodrigues Night-Heron

Near Threatened

Forest Bittern

About These Birds

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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