Dwarf Bittern vs Réunion Night-Heron

Ixobrychus sturmii เปรียบเทียบกับ Nycticorax duboisi

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Dwarf Bittern Réunion Night-Heron
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Ixobrychus sturmii Nycticorax duboisi
อันดับ Pelecaniformes Pelecaniformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Ardeidae Ardeidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Extinct
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 31.2 cm (12.3 in)
น้ำหนัก 140.66666666666666 g (4.96 oz)
อาหาร -- --
จำนวนไข่ 3-4 --
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

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Dwarf Bittern only

Réunion Night-Heron only

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Dwarf Bittern

Extinct

Réunion Night-Heron

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About These Birds

Dwarf Bittern

The Dwarf Bittern (Ixobrychus sturmii) is a small heron of the family Ardeidae endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. It is the smallest heron found regularly in Africa, measuring approximately 25–30 cm in total length — smaller even than the Least Bittern of the Americas. Adults are dark slate-gray above, including the crown, neck sides, and upperparts, while the underparts are pale buff to whitish with dark brown streaking along the center. The wings show a rufous wing patch visible in flight. …

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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