Marquesan Swamphen vs Black-tailed Crake

Porphyrio paepae comparado con Zapornia bicolor

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Marquesan Swamphen Black-tailed Crake
Nombre científico Porphyrio paepae Zapornia bicolor
Orden Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familia Rallidae Rallidae
Estado de conservación Extinct Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 22,0 cm (8.7 in)
Peso 107,0 g (3.77 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta -- 5-8
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Marquesan Swamphen only

Ninguno

Black-tailed Crake only

Estado de conservación

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

Least Concern

Black-tailed Crake

About These Birds

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.

Black-tailed Crake

Black-tailed Crake (Zapornia bicolor) is a small 19–22 cm crake of the eastern Himalayas and South-East Asia hill forests. Dark olive-brown above; chestnut below; greenish bill; red eye and legs. Inhabits wet hill-forest clearings, rice terraces, and mountain marsh edges from Nepal east to southern China and Indochina.

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