Watercock vs Kosrae Crake
Gallicrex cinerea comparado con Zapornia monasa
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Atributo | Watercock | Kosrae Crake |
|---|---|---|
| Nombre científico | Gallicrex cinerea | Zapornia monasa |
| Orden | Gruiformes | Gruiformes |
| Familia | Rallidae | Rallidae |
| Estado de conservación | Least Concern | Extinct |
| Longitud | — | — |
| Envergadura | 37,2 cm (14.6 in) | — |
| Peso | 426,6666666666667 g (15.05 oz) | — |
| Dieta | -- | -- |
| Tamaño de la puesta | 3-6 | -- |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Habitat Comparison
Estado de conservación
Least Concern
Watercock
Extinct
Kosrae Crake
About These Birds
Watercock
Watercock (Gallicrex cinerea) is a medium 42–43 cm rail of South and South-East Asia. Strongly sexually dimorphic; breeding male dark slaty with distinctive red frontal shield and knob; female brown-streaked. Inhabits rice paddies, freshwater marshes, and flooded grasslands from India east to China and Indonesia. Partly migratory. Polygynous.
Kosrae Crake
Kosrae Crake (Zapornia monasa) is an extinct flightless rail formerly endemic to Kosrae in the Caroline Islands, Micronesia. Known from bones and a single 19th-century description. Dark plumage, reduced wings. Extirpated following Polynesian and later European settlement; likely lost to introduced rats and cats.