 Bonin nankeen night heron

The Bonin nankeen night heron ("Nycticorax caledonicus crassirostris") is an extinct subspecies of the nankeen night heron.The Bonin nankeen night heron was described by Nicholas Aylward Vigors in 1839 based on reports by Heinrich von Kittlitz and by Captain Frederick William Beechey from the British ship HMS "Blossom" from 1828.