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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ	Réunion Night-Heron	Rufescent Tiger-Heron
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์	Nycticorax duboisi	Tigrisoma lineatum
อันดับ	Pelecaniformes	Pelecaniformes
วงศ์ตระกูล	Ardeidae	Ardeidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์	Extinct	Least Concern
ความยาว	—	—
กว้างปีก	—	61.3 cm (24.1 in)
น้ำหนัก	—	805.0 g (28.40 oz)
อาหาร	--	--
จำนวนไข่	--	1-3
Population Trend	—	—

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Habitat Comparison

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🌿 Wetland

Réunion Night-Heron only

ไม่มี

Rufescent Tiger-Heron only

🏖️ Coastal

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Extinct

Réunion Night-Heron

Least Concern

Rufescent Tiger-Heron

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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 …

Rufescent Tiger-Heron

The Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) is a large, secretive heron of the family Ardeidae found widely in South America and parts of Central America. Adults display a striking combination of rufous-chestnut on the head, neck, and breast, sharply contrasting with the finely barred black and white upperparts — a pattern reminiscent of a tiger's stripes, hence the common name for the genus. The throat has a distinct white median stripe. Immatures are heavily barred overall with brown and buff, providing …

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