Slaty-breasted Wood-rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Aramides saracura comparé à Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribut Slaty-breasted Wood-rail Marquesan Swamphen
Nom scientifique Aramides saracura Porphyrio paepae
Ordre Gruiformes Gruiformes
Famille Rallidae Rallidae
Statut de conservation Least Concern Extinct
Longueur
Envergure 36,4 cm (14.3 in)
Poids 500,0 g (17.64 oz)
Régime alimentaire -- --
Taille de la couvée 4-5 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partagés

Slaty-breasted Wood-rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Aucun(e)

Statut de conservation

Least Concern

Slaty-breasted Wood-rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Slaty-breasted Wood-rail

Slaty-breasted Wood-rail (Aramides saracura), 36 cm. Grey head and breast; olive back; rufous belly; red legs. Endemic to Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil and adjacent Argentina and Paraguay. Inhabits riparian and gallery forest. Omnivore. Least Concern; common in its restricted Atlantic Forest range.

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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