Swinhoe's Rail vs White Swamphen

Coturnicops exquisitus verglichen mit Porphyrio albus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Swinhoe's Rail White Swamphen
Wissenschaftlicher Name Coturnicops exquisitus Porphyrio albus
Ordnung Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familie Rallidae Rallidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 14,9 cm (5.9 in)
Gewicht 55,900000000000006 g (1.97 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 3-10 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Swinhoe's Rail only

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White Swamphen only

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Swinhoe's Rail

Extinct

White Swamphen

About These Birds

Swinhoe's Rail

Swinhoe's Rail (Coturnicops exquisitus) is a tiny 13–14 cm rail of East Asia and Siberia. Streaked brown plumage with a buffy face; very small and quail-like. Breeds in Siberia, Manchuria, and Mongolia; winters in south-east China, Korea, and Japan. Inhabits wet grassland, rice paddies, and sedge marshes. Extremely secretive; rarely detected.

White Swamphen

White Swamphen (Porphyrio albus) is an extinct all-white swamphen formerly endemic to Lord Howe Island, Australia. Known from specimens collected around 1790 and early drawings; had reduced wings indicating flightlessness or near-flightlessness. Extirpated by hunting after European discovery. Related to Australasian Swamphen.

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