Mauritius Night Heron
Nycticorax mauritianus(Newton, E; Gadow, HF, 1893)
English (US) Mauritius Night Heron
The Mauritius Night Heron (Nycticorax mauritianus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns) in the order Pelecaniformes.
Range: formerly Mauritius; extinct, last reported in 1693Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Nycticorax mauritianus
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Mauritius Night Heron
- Described by
- (Newton, E; Gadow, HF, 1893)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Butorides mauritianus
- Described by
- (Newton, E; Gadow, HF, 1893)
- Type locality
- Mare aux Songes swamp, Mauritius
- Original description
- Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 13, pt.7 p.289
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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