Swinhoe's Rail vs White Swamphen

Coturnicops exquisitus مقارنةً بـ Porphyrio albus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Swinhoe's Rail White Swamphen
الاسم العلمي Coturnicops exquisitus Porphyrio albus
الرتبة Gruiformes Gruiformes
الفصيلة Rallidae Rallidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Extinct
الطول
طول الجناح 14,9 cm (5.9 in)
الوزن 55,900000000000006 g (1.97 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 3-10 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Swinhoe's Rail only

بلا

White Swamphen only

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Swinhoe's Rail

Extinct

White Swamphen

About These Birds

Swinhoe's Rail

Swinhoe's Rail (Coturnicops exquisitus) is a tiny 13–14 cm rail of East Asia and Siberia. Streaked brown plumage with a buffy face; very small and quail-like. Breeds in Siberia, Manchuria, and Mongolia; winters in south-east China, Korea, and Japan. Inhabits wet grassland, rice paddies, and sedge marshes. Extremely secretive; rarely detected.

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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