Zapata Rail vs White Swamphen

Cyanolimnas cerverai comparado con Porphyrio albus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Zapata Rail White Swamphen
Nombre científico Cyanolimnas cerverai Porphyrio albus
Orden Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familia Rallidae Rallidae
Estado de conservación Critically Endangered Extinct
Longitud
Envergadura 20,5 cm (8.1 in)
Peso 175,0 g (6.17 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Zapata Rail only

Ninguno

White Swamphen only

Estado de conservación

Critically Endangered

Zapata Rail

Extinct

White Swamphen

About These Birds

Zapata Rail

Zapata Rail (Cyanolimnas cerverai), 29 cm. Slate-grey with brown upperparts, red bill and pink legs; flightless. Endemic to the Zapata Swamp, Cuba. Inhabits dense sawgrass marsh. Omnivore. Critically Endangered; world's rarest rail, threatened by drainage, burning and predators.

White Swamphen

White Swamphen (Porphyrio albus) is an extinct all-white swamphen formerly endemic to Lord Howe Island, Australia. Known from specimens collected around 1790 and early drawings; had reduced wings indicating flightlessness or near-flightlessness. Extirpated by hunting after European discovery. Related to Australasian Swamphen.

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