Colombian Crake vs Marquesan Swamphen

Neocrex colombiana comparado con Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Colombian Crake Marquesan Swamphen
Nombre científico Neocrex colombiana Porphyrio paepae
Orden Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familia Rallidae Rallidae
Estado de conservación Data Deficient Extinct
Longitud
Envergadura 19,4 cm (7.6 in)
Peso 58,3 g (2.06 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Colombian Crake only

Ninguno

Marquesan Swamphen only

Ninguno

Estado de conservación

Data Deficient

Colombian Crake

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Colombian Crake

Colombian Crake (Neocrex colombiana), 18 cm. Brown above, grey below with barred flanks; red eye and bill. Found in wet grassland and marshes of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and northwestern Brazil. Omnivore. Least Concern; poorly known but not uncommon in suitable habitat.

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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