Eurasian Bittern vs Réunion Night-Heron

Botaurus stellaris в сравнении с Nycticorax duboisi

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Eurasian Bittern Réunion Night-Heron
Научное название Botaurus stellaris Nycticorax duboisi
Отряд Pelecaniformes Pelecaniformes
Семейство Ardeidae Ardeidae
Охранный статус Least Concern Extinct
Длина
Размах крыльев 64,8 cm (25.5 in)
Масса 1264,0 g (44.59 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 1-7 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Eurasian Bittern only

Нет

Réunion Night-Heron only

Нет

Охранный статус

Least Concern

Eurasian Bittern

Extinct

Réunion Night-Heron

About These Birds

Eurasian Bittern

The Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) is a large, secretive heron of the family Ardeidae, native to wetlands across the Palearctic from Europe and North Africa east across Asia to Japan and the Russian Far East. Adults are heavily streaked in brown, buff, and black, producing a cryptic pattern that allows perfect concealment in reedbeds. When alarmed, the bird adopts a characteristic freeze posture with the bill pointed skyward and the neck stretched upward, effectively mimicking a stand of reeds. Adults …

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 …

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