Rodrigues Night Heron
Nycticorax megacephalus(Milne-Edwards, A, 1874)
English (US) Rodrigues Night Heron
The Rodrigues Night Heron (Nycticorax megacephalus) 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 Rodrigues; extinct, apparently by 1761Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Nycticorax megacephalus
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Rodrigues Night Heron
- Described by
- (Milne-Edwards, A, 1874)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ardea megacephala
- Described by
- (Milne-Edwards, A, 1874)
- Type locality
- Rodriguez Island
- Original description
- Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie 5, ser.19, no.2-3 art.3 p.10, 1-31, pl.14
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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