Grey-throated Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Canirallus oculeus verglichen mit Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Grey-throated Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Wissenschaftlicher Name Canirallus oculeus Porphyrio paepae
Ordnung Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familie Rallidae Rallidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 33,4 cm (13.1 in)
Gewicht 276,0 g (9.74 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Grey-throated Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Grey-throated Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Grey-throated Rail

Grey-throated Rail (Canirallus oculeus), 27 cm. Brown above; grey throat and breast; red eye and bill. Inhabits dense undergrowth of lowland forest in West and Central Africa. Omnivore: insects, snails and plant material. Least Concern; widespread but rarely seen.

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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