Chestnut Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Eulabeornis castaneoventris verglichen mit Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Chestnut Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Wissenschaftlicher Name Eulabeornis castaneoventris Porphyrio paepae
Ordnung Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familie Rallidae Rallidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 43,0 cm (16.9 in)
Gewicht 699,0 g (24.66 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 4-5 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Chestnut Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Chestnut Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Chestnut Rail

Chestnut Rail (Eulabeornis castaneoventris), 40 cm. Grey head and back; warm chestnut belly; red bill. Inhabits mangrove and tidal forest of northern Australia and southern New Guinea. Omnivore: crabs, fish and invertebrates. Least Concern; mangrove specialist.

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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