Colombian Crake vs Marquesan Swamphen

Neocrex colombiana verglichen mit Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Colombian Crake Marquesan Swamphen
Wissenschaftlicher Name Neocrex colombiana Porphyrio paepae
Ordnung Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familie Rallidae Rallidae
Erhaltungsstatus Data Deficient Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 19,4 cm (7.6 in)
Gewicht 58,3 g (2.06 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Colombian Crake only

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Marquesan Swamphen only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Data Deficient

Colombian Crake

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Colombian Crake

Colombian Crake (Neocrex colombiana), 18 cm. Brown above, grey below with barred flanks; red eye and bill. Found in wet grassland and marshes of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and northwestern Brazil. Omnivore. Least Concern; poorly known but not uncommon in suitable habitat.

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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