Brown Wood-rail vs White Swamphen

Aramides wolfi مقارنةً بـ Porphyrio albus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Brown Wood-rail White Swamphen
الاسم العلمي Aramides wolfi Porphyrio albus
الرتبة Gruiformes Gruiformes
الفصيلة Rallidae Rallidae
حالة الحفاظ Vulnerable Extinct
الطول
طول الجناح 33,0 cm (13.0 in)
الوزن 474,0 g (16.72 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-4 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Brown Wood-rail only

White Swamphen only

حالة الحفاظ

Vulnerable

Brown Wood-rail

Extinct

White Swamphen

About These Birds

Brown Wood-rail

Brown Wood-rail (Aramides wolfi), 38 cm. Uniform brown-olive overall with a grey head and red legs. Inhabits wet lowland forest and forest edge near streams in Ecuador and Colombia (Pacific slope). Omnivore. Vulnerable; dependent on intact wet Pacific forest.

White Swamphen

White Swamphen (Porphyrio albus) is an extinct all-white swamphen formerly endemic to Lord Howe Island, Australia. Known from specimens collected around 1790 and early drawings; had reduced wings indicating flightlessness or near-flightlessness. Extirpated by hunting after European discovery. Related to Australasian Swamphen.

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