Chestnut Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Eulabeornis castaneoventris comparado con Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Chestnut Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Nombre científico Eulabeornis castaneoventris Porphyrio paepae
Orden Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familia Rallidae Rallidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Extinct
Longitud
Envergadura 43,0 cm (16.9 in)
Peso 699,0 g (24.66 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 4-5 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Ninguno

Chestnut Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Chestnut Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Chestnut Rail

Chestnut Rail (Eulabeornis castaneoventris), 40 cm. Grey head and back; warm chestnut belly; red bill. Inhabits mangrove and tidal forest of northern Australia and southern New Guinea. Omnivore: crabs, fish and invertebrates. Least Concern; mangrove specialist.

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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