Drummer Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Habroptila wallacii verglichen mit Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Drummer Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Wissenschaftlicher Name Habroptila wallacii Porphyrio paepae
Ordnung Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familie Rallidae Rallidae
Erhaltungsstatus Vulnerable Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 32,6 cm (12.8 in)
Gewicht 1000,0 g (35.27 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Drummer Rail only

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Marquesan Swamphen only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Vulnerable

Drummer Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Drummer Rail

Drummer Rail (Habroptila wallacii), 38 cm. Large, nearly flightless; grey with brown upperparts and a thick red bill. Endemic to Halmahera, Indonesia. Inhabits lowland primary forest floor. Omnivore; produces a deep drumming call. Vulnerable; deforestation on Halmahera.

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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