Spot-flanked Gallinule vs African Rail

Porphyriops melanops comparado con Rallus caerulescens

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Spot-flanked Gallinule African Rail
Nombre científico Porphyriops melanops Rallus caerulescens
Orden Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familia Rallidae Rallidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 25,0 cm (9.8 in) 23,8 cm (9.4 in)
Peso 189,5 g (6.68 oz) 160,25 g (5.65 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 4-8 2-6
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Spot-flanked Gallinule only

Ninguno

African Rail only

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Spot-flanked Gallinule

Least Concern

African Rail

About These Birds

Spot-flanked Gallinule

Spot-flanked Gallinule (Porphyriops melanops) is a small 22–25 cm rail of southern South America's marshes and reed-beds. Dark olive-brown above with white-spotted flanks, grey face, and short red-tipped yellow bill. Frequents still or slow-moving freshwater wetlands in Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brazil, and Chile.

African Rail

African Rail (Rallus caerulescens), 28 cm. Brown above with dark streaks; blue-grey underparts; barred white flanks; red bill and legs. Found in freshwater reedbeds and swamp margins across sub-Saharan Africa. Omnivore. Least Concern; common in wetland habitat.

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