Inaccessible Island Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Laterallus rogersi comparado con Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Inaccessible Island Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Nombre científico Laterallus rogersi Porphyrio paepae
Orden Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familia Rallidae Rallidae
Estado de conservación Vulnerable Extinct
Longitud
Envergadura 10,8 cm (4.3 in)
Peso 40,0 g (1.41 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Ninguno

Inaccessible Island Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Estado de conservación

Vulnerable

Inaccessible Island Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Inaccessible Island Rail

La gallineta de Rogers es una pequeña gallineta que habita en pantanos y cañaverales de la selva tropical del occidente de América del Sur.

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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