Zapata Rail vs White Swamphen

Cyanolimnas cerverai verglichen mit Porphyrio albus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Zapata Rail White Swamphen
Wissenschaftlicher Name Cyanolimnas cerverai Porphyrio albus
Ordnung Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familie Rallidae Rallidae
Erhaltungsstatus Critically Endangered Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 20,5 cm (8.1 in)
Gewicht 175,0 g (6.17 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Zapata Rail only

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White Swamphen only

Erhaltungsstatus

Critically Endangered

Zapata Rail

Extinct

White Swamphen

About These Birds

Zapata Rail

Zapata Rail (Cyanolimnas cerverai), 29 cm. Slate-grey with brown upperparts, red bill and pink legs; flightless. Endemic to the Zapata Swamp, Cuba. Inhabits dense sawgrass marsh. Omnivore. Critically Endangered; world's rarest rail, threatened by drainage, burning and predators.

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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