Réunion Night-Heron vs White-crested Tiger-Heron

Nycticorax duboisi so với Tigriornis leucolopha

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Réunion Night-Heron White-crested Tiger-Heron
Tên Khoa Học Nycticorax duboisi Tigriornis leucolopha
Bộ Pelecaniformes Pelecaniformes
Họ Ardeidae Ardeidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Extinct Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 53,2 cm (20.9 in)
Khối Lượng 846,0 g (29.84 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng -- 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Réunion Night-Heron only

Không

White-crested Tiger-Heron only

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Extinct

Réunion Night-Heron

Least Concern

White-crested Tiger-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 …

White-crested Tiger-Heron

The White-crested Tiger-Heron (Tigriornis leucolopha) is a medium-large heron of the family Ardeidae and the sole member of its genus. It is a secretive and poorly known bird of West and Central African rainforests, inhabiting dense lowland forest along streams and rivers. Adults have a cryptically patterned plumage of black and rufous-brown barring on the upperparts and wings — the tiger-like pattern that gives the genus its name — with a whitish or pale crest on the crown and nape. …

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