#HeronsOfinstagram #ExtinctAnimals #AscensionNigthHeron #NycticoraxOlsoni #NightHeron #Heron Ascension night heron Kingdom: #AnimaliaSeria Phylum: #ChordataSeria Class: #AvesSeria Order: #PelecaniformesSeria Family: #ArdeidaeSeria Genus: #NycticoraxSeria Species #NycticoraxOlsoniSeria (N. P. Ashmole, K. E. L. Simmons & W. R. P. Bourne, 2003) The Ascension night heron (Nycticorax olsoni) is an extinct night heron species from the genus Nycticorax endemic to the South Atlantic island of Ascension. It is predominantly known from the bone fragments of six specimens found in guano deposits and caves on Ascension Island and described by Philip Ashmole, Kenneth Edwin Laurence Ryder Simmons, and William Richmond Postle Bourne in 2003. The Ascension night heron disappeared in the 16th century. Its scientific name commedorates Storrs L. Olson. A possible report on the Ascension night heron is found in the chapter "D'une isle nommte I'Ascention" in the travel report Les singularitez de la France antarctique by André Thévet. Given that Thévet alludes to a flightless bird named Aponar in 1555, it could be quite possible that he was referring to the Ascension night heron. The English translation of Thévet's notice about the Aponar (sometimes also written Aponat or Aponard) is stated as followed #ExtinctAnimalsSeria #NesliTukenenlerSeria #AscensionNigthHeronsSeria #NightHeronsSeria #AscencionBirdsSeria #AscensionAnimalsSeria #AscensionHeronsSeria #AtlanticOceanislandsBirdsSeria #AtlanticOceanislandsAmimalsSeria #HeronsSeria #AtlanticOceanislandsHeronsSeria #BirdsSeria #EquatorBirdsSeria #EquatorAnimalsSeria #EquatorHeronsSeria #10March2018Seria #10MarchSeria 2018MarchSeria 2018SaturdaySeria (Georgetown, Saint Helena)