Marquesan Swamphen vs Black-tailed Crake

Porphyrio paepae verglichen mit Zapornia bicolor

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Marquesan Swamphen Black-tailed Crake
Wissenschaftlicher Name Porphyrio paepae Zapornia bicolor
Ordnung Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familie Rallidae Rallidae
Erhaltungsstatus Extinct Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 22,0 cm (8.7 in)
Gewicht 107,0 g (3.77 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- 5-8
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Marquesan Swamphen only

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Black-tailed Crake only

Erhaltungsstatus

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

Least Concern

Black-tailed Crake

About These Birds

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.

Black-tailed Crake

Black-tailed Crake (Zapornia bicolor) is a small 19–22 cm crake of the eastern Himalayas and South-East Asia hill forests. Dark olive-brown above; chestnut below; greenish bill; red eye and legs. Inhabits wet hill-forest clearings, rice terraces, and mountain marsh edges from Nepal east to southern China and Indochina.

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