Saint Helena Crake vs Marquesan Swamphen

Laterallus podarces verglichen mit Porphyrio paepae

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Merkmal Saint Helena Crake Marquesan Swamphen
Wissenschaftlicher Name Laterallus podarces Porphyrio paepae
Ordnung Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familie Rallidae Rallidae
Erhaltungsstatus Extinct Extinct
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Habitat Comparison

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Erhaltungsstatus

Extinct

Saint Helena Crake

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Saint Helena Crake

Saint Helena Crake (Laterallus podarces) is an extinct flightless rail formerly endemic to Saint Helena island in the South Atlantic. Known only from subfossil bones. Extirpated following settlement in 1502 when introduced rats, cats, and pigs destroyed its population.

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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