Bare-eyed Rail vs Ascension Crake

Gymnocrex plumbeiventris comparé à Mundia elpenor

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribut Bare-eyed Rail Ascension Crake
Nom scientifique Gymnocrex plumbeiventris Mundia elpenor
Ordre Gruiformes Gruiformes
Famille Rallidae Rallidae
Statut de conservation Least Concern Extinct
Longueur
Envergure 38,4 cm (15.1 in)
Poids 287,5 g (10.14 oz)
Régime alimentaire -- --
Taille de la couvée 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partagés

Aucun(e)

Bare-eyed Rail only

Ascension Crake only

Statut de conservation

Least Concern

Bare-eyed Rail

Extinct

Ascension Crake

About These Birds

Bare-eyed Rail

Bare-eyed Rail (Gymnocrex plumbeiventris) is a 27–31 cm rail of the Moluccas and New Guinea region. Grey below; brown above; distinctive bare red-orange facial skin around eye. Inhabits lowland rainforest, secondary forest, and forest edges near water. Secretive; walks through leaf litter foraging for invertebrates and small vertebrates.

Ascension Crake

Ascension Crake (Mundia elpenor) is an extinct flightless rail formerly endemic to Ascension Island in the South Atlantic. Known from early 17th-century descriptions by Portuguese sailors; no physical specimens survive. Dark plumage; reduced wings. Extirpated rapidly after human arrival and introduction of cats and rats, likely by the mid-1600s.

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