Aves - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Alternative combination: Butorides mauritianus
Full reference: E. Newton and H. Gadow. 1893. On additional bones of the Dodo and other extinct birds of Mauritius obtained by Mr. Théodore Sauzier. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 13:281-302
Belongs to Nycticorax according to J. P. Hume 2013
See also Lambrecht 1933 and Newton and Gadow 1893
Sister taxa: Nycticorax caledonicus, Nycticorax duboisi, Nycticorax fidens, Nycticorax kalavikai, Nycticorax megacephalus, Nycticorax nycticorax, Nycticorax olsoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mare aux Songes swamp (Sauzier collection), which is in a Holocene mire/swamp peat in Mauritius
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mauritius (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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