African Crake vs Kosrae Crake

Crex egregia مقارنةً بـ Zapornia monasa

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة African Crake Kosrae Crake
الاسم العلمي Crex egregia Zapornia monasa
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)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 3-9 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

African Crake only

Kosrae Crake only

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

African Crake

Extinct

Kosrae Crake

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.

Kosrae Crake

Kosrae Crake (Zapornia monasa) is an extinct flightless rail formerly endemic to Kosrae in the Caroline Islands, Micronesia. Known from bones and a single 19th-century description. Dark plumage, reduced wings. Extirpated following Polynesian and later European settlement; likely lost to introduced rats and cats.

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