Rufous-necked Wood-rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Aramides axillaris verglichen mit Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Rufous-necked Wood-rail Marquesan Swamphen
Wissenschaftlicher Name Aramides axillaris Porphyrio paepae
Ordnung Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familie Rallidae Rallidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 33,2 cm (13.1 in)
Gewicht 285,6666666666667 g (10.08 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 5-6 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Rufous-necked Wood-rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Rufous-necked Wood-rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Rufous-necked Wood-rail

Rufous-necked Wood-rail (Aramides axillaris), 28 cm. Grey head, rufous neck and breast, olive back, red legs and bill. Found in mangrove and coastal forest from Mexico to Ecuador and Venezuela. Omnivore: crabs, invertebrates and plant material. Least Concern; mangrove specialist.

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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