African Crake vs Hawkins's Rail

Crex egregia مقارنةً بـ Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة African Crake Hawkins's Rail
الاسم العلمي Crex egregia Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi
الرتبة Gruiformes Gruiformes
الفصيلة Rallidae Rallidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Extinct
الطول
طول الجناح 24,2 cm (9.5 in)
الوزن 120,66666666666667 g (4.26 oz) 2000,0 g (70.55 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 3-9 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

African Crake only

Hawkins's Rail only

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

African Crake

Extinct

Hawkins's Rail

About These Birds

African Crake

African Crake (Crex egregia), 22 cm. Brown above with buff and black streaking; grey face and breast; barred white flanks; short bill. Found in wet grassland, rank grass and cultivation across sub-Saharan Africa. Omnivore. Least Concern; widespread.

Hawkins's Rail

Hawkins's Rail (Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi). Extinct. Large flightless rail formerly endemic to Chatham Islands, New Zealand; estimated 50 cm. Known from sub-fossil bones. Driven to extinction by Polynesian settlers and introduced rats before European contact, likely by 1400 CE. Omnivore of forest floor.

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