Corncrake vs Marquesan Swamphen

Crex crex مقارنةً بـ Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Corncrake Marquesan Swamphen
الاسم العلمي Crex crex Porphyrio paepae
الرتبة Gruiformes Gruiformes
الفصيلة Rallidae Rallidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Extinct
الطول
طول الجناح 27,4 cm (10.8 in)
الوزن 158,75 g (5.60 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 8-12 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Corncrake only

Marquesan Swamphen only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Corncrake

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Corncrake

Corncrake (Crex crex), 28 cm. Streaky buff-brown; distinctive chestnut wings visible in flight; rasping 'crex-crex' call. Breeds in hay meadows across Europe and western Asia; winters in eastern and southern Africa. Omnivore. Near Threatened; intensive agriculture has caused severe decline.

Marquesan Swamphen

Marquesan Swamphen (Porphyrio paepae) is an extinct flightless swamphen known only from subfossil bones from the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Lost following Polynesian settlement and later European contact. Part of the broader pattern of Pacific island rail extinctions linked to human arrival and introduced rats.

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