Corncrake vs White Swamphen

Crex crex verglichen mit Porphyrio albus

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Merkmal Corncrake White Swamphen
Wissenschaftlicher Name Crex crex Porphyrio albus
Ordnung Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familie Rallidae Rallidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 27,4 cm (10.8 in)
Gewicht 158,75 g (5.60 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 8-12 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Corncrake only

White Swamphen only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Corncrake

Extinct

White Swamphen

About These Birds

Corncrake

Corncrake (Crex crex), 28 cm. Streaky buff-brown; distinctive chestnut wings visible in flight; rasping 'crex-crex' call. Breeds in hay meadows across Europe and western Asia; winters in eastern and southern Africa. Omnivore. Near Threatened; intensive agriculture has caused severe decline.

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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