Madagascar Heron vs Rodrigues Night-Heron

Ardea humbloti 对比 Nycticorax megacephalus

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Madagascar Heron Rodrigues Night-Heron
学名 Ardea humbloti Nycticorax megacephalus
Pelecaniformes Pelecaniformes
Ardeidae Ardeidae
保护状况 Endangered Extinct
体长
翼展 89.8 cm (35.4 in)
体重 1060.0 g (37.39 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Madagascar Heron only

Rodrigues Night-Heron only

保护状况

Endangered

Madagascar Heron

Extinct

Rodrigues Night-Heron

About These Birds

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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