Little Wood-rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Aramides mangle comparado con Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Little Wood-rail Marquesan Swamphen
Nombre científico Aramides mangle Porphyrio paepae
Orden Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familia Rallidae Rallidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Extinct
Longitud
Envergadura 32,0 cm (12.6 in)
Peso 183,0 g (6.46 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 5-6 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Little Wood-rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Ninguno

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Little Wood-rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Little Wood-rail

Little Wood-rail (Aramides mangle), 28 cm. Olive-brown above; grey head and breast; rufous flanks. Endemic to mangroves and adjacent coastal scrub of Brazil. Omnivore: crabs, molluscs and invertebrates in tidal mud. Vulnerable; restricted to Brazilian coastal mangroves.

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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