American Bittern vs Rodrigues Night-Heron

Botaurus lentiginosus so với Nycticorax megacephalus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính American Bittern Rodrigues Night-Heron
Tên Khoa Học Botaurus lentiginosus Nycticorax megacephalus
Bộ Pelecaniformes Pelecaniformes
Họ Ardeidae Ardeidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Extinct
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 54,2 cm (21.3 in)
Khối Lượng 734,75 g (25.92 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng 2-7 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

American Bittern only

Rodrigues Night-Heron only

Không

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

American Bittern

Extinct

Rodrigues Night-Heron

About These Birds

American Bittern

The American Bittern is a large heron weighing about 735 g with a 54.2 cm wingspan, inhabiting freshwater marshes and reed beds across North America. When threatened, it freezes with bill pointed skyward, its streaked brown plumage blending remarkably with marsh vegetation.

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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