Spot-flanked Gallinule vs African Rail

Porphyriops melanops مقارنةً بـ Rallus caerulescens

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Spot-flanked Gallinule African Rail
الاسم العلمي Porphyriops melanops Rallus caerulescens
الرتبة Gruiformes Gruiformes
الفصيلة Rallidae Rallidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 25,0 cm (9.8 in) 23,8 cm (9.4 in)
الوزن 189,5 g (6.68 oz) 160,25 g (5.65 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 4-8 2-6
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Spot-flanked Gallinule only

بلا

African Rail only

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Spot-flanked Gallinule

Least Concern

African Rail

About These Birds

Spot-flanked Gallinule

Spot-flanked Gallinule (Porphyriops melanops) is a small 22–25 cm rail of southern South America's marshes and reed-beds. Dark olive-brown above with white-spotted flanks, grey face, and short red-tipped yellow bill. Frequents still or slow-moving freshwater wetlands in Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brazil, and Chile.

African Rail

African Rail (Rallus caerulescens), 28 cm. Brown above with dark streaks; blue-grey underparts; barred white flanks; red bill and legs. Found in freshwater reedbeds and swamp margins across sub-Saharan Africa. Omnivore. Least Concern; common in wetland habitat.

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