Rodrigues night heron

noun

An extinct species of heron, Nycticorax megacephalus, that lived on Rodrigues in the Mascarene Islands.

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nounRodrigues night heron (plural Rodrigues night herons)

plural Rodrigues night herons

  1. An extinct species of heron, Nycticorax megacephalus, that lived on Rodrigues in the Mascarene Islands.

    The Rodrigues night heron was an early casualty from the Mascarenes and is particularly interesting for a heron in that it was probably flightless.

    2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 74
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