Auckland Island Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Lewinia muelleri verglichen mit Porphyrio paepae

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Merkmal Auckland Island Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Wissenschaftlicher Name Lewinia muelleri Porphyrio paepae
Ordnung Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familie Rallidae Rallidae
Erhaltungsstatus Vulnerable Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 18,8 cm (7.4 in)
Gewicht 78,75 g (2.78 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Auckland Island Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Erhaltungsstatus

Vulnerable

Auckland Island Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Auckland Island Rail

Auckland Island Rail (Lewinia muelleri), 17 cm. Small, flightless; brown with barred flanks and a short bill. Endemic to Adams Island, Auckland Islands, New Zealand. Inhabits dense tussock and scrub. Omnivore. Vulnerable; tiny range but predator-free island offers protection.

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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