Horned Coot vs Marquesan Swamphen

Fulica cornuta verglichen mit Porphyrio paepae

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Merkmal Horned Coot Marquesan Swamphen
Wissenschaftlicher Name Fulica cornuta Porphyrio paepae
Ordnung Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familie Rallidae Rallidae
Erhaltungsstatus Near Threatened Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 58,2 cm (22.9 in)
Gewicht 1863,5 g (65.73 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 3-5 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Horned Coot only

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Marquesan Swamphen only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Near Threatened

Horned Coot

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Horned Coot

Horned Coot (Fulica cornuta) is a 58–62 cm large Andean coot of the high-altitude salt lakes of Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina above 4,000 m. All-black with white bill and a distinctive large fleshy horn projecting from the frontal shield. Builds massive stone nest mounds in shallow lakes. Feeds on aquatic algae. Near Threatened.

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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