Giant Wood-rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Aramides ypecaha comparado con Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Giant Wood-rail Marquesan Swamphen
Nombre científico Aramides ypecaha Porphyrio paepae
Orden Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familia Rallidae Rallidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Extinct
Longitud
Envergadura 44,6 cm (17.6 in)
Peso 711,25 g (25.09 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 4-5 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Giant Wood-rail only

Ninguno

Marquesan Swamphen only

Ninguno

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Giant Wood-rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Giant Wood-rail

Giant Wood-rail (Aramides ypecaha), 46 cm. Largest wood-rail; grey head, rufous breast, olive back and red legs. Found in marshes, wetland edges and wet grassland of southeastern South America (Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil). Omnivore. Least Concern; locally common.

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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