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Reunion Night Heron
Nycticorax duboisi (Rothschild, LW 1907)
The Réunion night heron is an extinct species of heron formerly occurring on the Mascarene island of Réunion. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Pelecaniformes
Family:
Ardeidae
Genus:
Nycticorax
Scientific:
Nycticorax duboisi
Original description
Citation:
(Rothschild, LW 1907)
Reference:
Extinct Birds
Protonym:
Ardea duboisi
Type locality:
Reunion or Bourbon
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/148380#page/150/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
22DE8CD03226A5C8
Avibase ID:
avibase-22DE8CD0
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/22DE8CD0
Taxonomic Serial Number:
EXTINCT
English:
Reunion Night-Heron
Catalan:
Martinet de nit de l'illa de la Reunió
Czech:
kvakoš Duboisův
Danish:
Réunionnathejre
German:
Réunion-Nachtreiher
Esperanto:
reunia noktardeo
Spanish:
Martinete de Reunión
Spanish (Spain):
Martinete de Reunión
Finnish:
réunioninyöhaikara
French:
Bihoreau de La Réunion
Croatian:
reunionski gak
Hungarian:
réunioni bakcsó
Italian:
Nitticora di Reunion
Japanese:
レユニオンゴイサギ
Dutch:
Réunionkwak
Norwegian:
reunionnatthegre
Polish:
ślepowron duży
Portuguese:
goraz-da-reunião
Portuguese (Portugal):
goraz-da-reunião
Russian:
Реюньонская кваква
Slovak:
chavkoš réunionský
Serbian:
Gak sa ostrva Reunion
Swedish:
réunionnatthäger
Ukrainian:
квак реюньйонський
Chinese:
留岛夜鹭
Chinese (Traditional):
留尼旺夜鷺
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Reunion Night-Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Reunion Night-Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Reunion Night-Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Reunion Night-Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Reunion Night-Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Reunion Night-Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Reunion Night-Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Reunion Night-Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Reunion Night-Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Reunion Night-Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Reunion Night-Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Reunion Night-Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Avilist 2025: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Reunion Night-heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Reunion Night-heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Reunion Night-heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Reunion Night-heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Reunion Night-heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Reunion Night-heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Reunion Night-heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Reunion Night-heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Reunion Night-heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Reunion Night-heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Reunion Night-heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Reunion Night-heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Reunion Night-heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Reunion Night-heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Reunion Night-heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Reunion Night-heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Reunion Night-heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Reunion Night-heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Reunion Night-heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Reunion Night-heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Reunion Night-heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Clements, version 2021: Reunion Night-Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Clements, version 2022: Reunion Night-Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Clements, version 2023: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Clements, version 2024: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Clements, version 2025: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Clements, version 2019: Reunion Night-Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| eBird version 2019: Reunion Night-Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| eBird version 2021: Reunion Night-Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| eBird version 2022: Reunion Night-Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| eBird version 2023: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| eBird version 2024: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| eBird version 2025: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Reunion Night-heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Reunion Night-heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Reunion Night Heron ( Nycticorax duboisi) |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: fossil species (extinct)
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Catalan: Martinet de nit de l'illa de la Reunió
Czech: kvakoš Duboisův
Danish: Réunionnathejre
German: Reunion-Nachtreiher, Réunion-Nachtreiher
English: Reunion Island night-heron, Reunion Night Heron, Réunion Night Heron, Reunion Night-Heron
English, HBW: Reunion Night-heron
English (IOC): Reunion Night Heron
English (United States): Reunion Night-Heron
Esperanto: reunia noktardeo
Spanish: Martinete de Reunión
Spanish (Spain): Martinete de Reunión
Estonian: réunioni ööhaigur
Finnish: réunioninyöhaikara
French: Bihoreau de Bourbon, Bihoreau de La Réunion
Croatian: reunionski gak
Hungarian: réunioni bakcsó
Italian: Nitticora di Reunion
Japanese: レユニオンゴイサギ
Kazakh: Дюбуа кваквасы, Дюбуа құтаны
Kirghiz: Реюньон түнчү кытаны
Scientific: Ardea duboisi, Megaphoyx duboisi, Nycticorax borbonensis, Nycticorax duboisi
Dutch: Réunionkwak
Norwegian: reunionnatthegre
Polish: ślepowron duży
Portuguese: goraz-da-reunião
Portuguese (Portugal): goraz-da-reunião
Russian: Кваква Дюбуа, Реюньонская кваква
Slovak: chavkoš réunionský
Serbian: Gak sa ostrva Reunion
Swedish: Réunionnatthäger
Turkish: Reünyon gece balıkçılı
Ukrainian: квак реюньйонський
Chinese: 留岛夜鹭
Chinese (Traditional): 留尼旺夜鷺
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