Roviana Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Hypotaenidia rovianae comparado con Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Roviana Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Nombre científico Hypotaenidia rovianae Porphyrio paepae
Orden Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familia Rallidae Rallidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Extinct
Longitud
Envergadura 29,1 cm (11.5 in)
Peso 353,1 g (12.46 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 2-3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Ninguno

Roviana Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Roviana Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Roviana Rail

Roviana Rail (Hypotaenidia rovianae), 28 cm. Brown and white barred; red bill. Endemic to New Georgia and Vangunu Islands, Solomon Islands. Inhabits grassland and open scrub. Omnivore. Endangered; restricted range with logging and introduced predator pressure.

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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