Brown Wood-rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Aramides wolfi comparé à Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribut Brown Wood-rail Marquesan Swamphen
Nom scientifique Aramides wolfi Porphyrio paepae
Ordre Gruiformes Gruiformes
Famille Rallidae Rallidae
Statut de conservation Vulnerable Extinct
Longueur
Envergure 33,0 cm (13.0 in)
Poids 474,0 g (16.72 oz)
Régime alimentaire -- --
Taille de la couvée 2-4 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partagés

Aucun(e)

Brown Wood-rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Statut de conservation

Vulnerable

Brown Wood-rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Brown Wood-rail

Brown Wood-rail (Aramides wolfi), 38 cm. Uniform brown-olive overall with a grey head and red legs. Inhabits wet lowland forest and forest edge near streams in Ecuador and Colombia (Pacific slope). Omnivore. Vulnerable; dependent on intact wet Pacific forest.

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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