Slaty-breasted Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Lewinia striata comparado con Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Slaty-breasted Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Nombre científico Lewinia striata Porphyrio paepae
Orden Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familia Rallidae Rallidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Extinct
Longitud
Envergadura 23,0 cm (9.1 in)
Peso 121,0 g (4.27 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 5-9 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Slaty-breasted Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Ninguno

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Slaty-breasted Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Slaty-breasted Rail

Slaty-breasted Rail (Lewinia striata), 28 cm. Blue-grey breast and head; brown streaked back; barred white flanks; red bill. Found from Bangladesh through Southeast Asia to the Philippines and Indonesia. Inhabits reedbeds and rice paddies. Omnivore. Least Concern.

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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