Yellow-breasted Crake vs Marquesan Swamphen

Laterallus flaviventer verglichen mit Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Yellow-breasted Crake Marquesan Swamphen
Wissenschaftlicher Name Laterallus flaviventer Porphyrio paepae
Ordnung Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familie Rallidae Rallidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 13,2 cm (5.2 in)
Gewicht 24,825 g (0.88 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 3-7 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Yellow-breasted Crake only

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Marquesan Swamphen only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Yellow-breasted Crake

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Yellow-breasted Crake

Yellow-breasted Crake (Laterallus flaviventer) is a small 13–15 cm crake of tropical America, from Mexico to Brazil. Buffy-yellow below with black-and-white barred flanks; dark brown streaked above; yellowish bill. Inhabits floating aquatic vegetation, rice paddies, and grassy marsh edges. Secretive; walks on floating mats.

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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