Réunion Night-Heron vs Rodrigues Night-Heron
Nycticorax duboisi comparado com Nycticorax megacephalus
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Atributo | Réunion Night-Heron | Rodrigues Night-Heron |
|---|---|---|
| Nome científico | Nycticorax duboisi | Nycticorax megacephalus |
| Ordem | Pelecaniformes | Pelecaniformes |
| Família | Ardeidae | Ardeidae |
| Estado de conservação | Extinct | Extinct |
| Comprimento | — | — |
| Envergadura | — | — |
| Peso | — | — |
| Dieta | -- | -- |
| Tamanho da postura | -- | -- |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Habitat Comparison
Estado de conservação
Réunion Night-Heron
Rodrigues 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 …
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 …