African Crake vs Kosrae Crake

Crex egregia verglichen mit Zapornia monasa

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Merkmal African Crake Kosrae Crake
Wissenschaftlicher Name Crex egregia Zapornia monasa
Ordnung Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familie Rallidae Rallidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 24,2 cm (9.5 in)
Gewicht 120,66666666666667 g (4.26 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 3-9 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

African Crake only

Kosrae Crake only

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

African Crake

Extinct

Kosrae Crake

About These Birds

African Crake

African Crake (Crex egregia), 22 cm. Brown above with buff and black streaking; grey face and breast; barred white flanks; short bill. Found in wet grassland, rank grass and cultivation across sub-Saharan Africa. Omnivore. Least Concern; widespread.

Kosrae Crake

Kosrae Crake (Zapornia monasa) is an extinct flightless rail formerly endemic to Kosrae in the Caroline Islands, Micronesia. Known from bones and a single 19th-century description. Dark plumage, reduced wings. Extirpated following Polynesian and later European settlement; likely lost to introduced rats and cats.

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