White-backed Night Heron

Calherodius leuconotus - Bihoreau à dos blanc

Bihoreau à dos blanc
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Pelecaniformes

  • Family
    :

    Ardéidés

  • Genus
    :

    Calherodius

  • Species
    :

    leuconotus

Descriptor

Wagler, 1827

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 55 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : -
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Bihoreau à dos blanc
adult
Bihoreau à dos blanc
adult

White-backed Night Heron (Calherodius leuconotus) is a species of bird in the Ardeidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Bihoreau à dos blanc,
  • Martinete encapuchado,
  • goraz-de-dorso-branco,
  • Weißrückenreiher,
  • Witrugkwak,
  • Nitticora dorsobianco,
  • vitryggig natthäger,
  • Brilledverghegre,
  • chavkoš bielochrbtý,
  • kvakoš africký,
  • Hvidrygget Nathejre,
  • silmälasihaikara,
  • Witrugnagreier,
  • martinet de nit encaputxat,
  • ślepowron białogrzbiety,
  • Белобокая кваква,
  • セジロミゾゴイ,
  • 白背夜鹭,
  • vitryggig natthäger,
  • 白背虎斑鳽,

Voice song and call

Bihoreau à dos blanc
adult

Habitat

Bihoreau à dos blanc
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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