Bare-eyed Rail vs Tahiti Rail

Gymnocrex plumbeiventris مقارنةً بـ Hypotaenidia pacifica

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Bare-eyed Rail Tahiti Rail
الاسم العلمي Gymnocrex plumbeiventris Hypotaenidia pacifica
الرتبة Gruiformes Gruiformes
الفصيلة Rallidae Rallidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Extinct
الطول
طول الجناح 38,4 cm (15.1 in)
الوزن 287,5 g (10.14 oz) 158,5 g (5.59 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Bare-eyed Rail only

Tahiti Rail only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Bare-eyed Rail

Extinct

Tahiti Rail

About These Birds

Bare-eyed Rail

Bare-eyed Rail (Gymnocrex plumbeiventris) is a 27–31 cm rail of the Moluccas and New Guinea region. Grey below; brown above; distinctive bare red-orange facial skin around eye. Inhabits lowland rainforest, secondary forest, and forest edges near water. Secretive; walks through leaf litter foraging for invertebrates and small vertebrates.

Tahiti Rail

Tahiti Rail (Hypotaenidia pacifica). Extinct. Small rail formerly endemic to Tahiti and Mehetia, Society Islands, French Polynesia. Known from 18th-century descriptions and illustrations by Forster during Cook's voyages. Extinct by c. 1800, likely due to introduced rats and hunting.

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