Buff-banded Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Hypotaenidia philippensis comparé à Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribut Buff-banded Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Nom scientifique Hypotaenidia philippensis Porphyrio paepae
Ordre Gruiformes Gruiformes
Famille Rallidae Rallidae
Statut de conservation Least Concern Extinct
Longueur
Envergure 28,3 cm (11.1 in)
Poids 186,66666666666666 g (6.58 oz)
Régime alimentaire -- --
Taille de la couvée 2-8 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partagés

Buff-banded Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Aucun(e)

Statut de conservation

Least Concern

Buff-banded Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Buff-banded Rail

Buff-banded Rail (Hypotaenidia philippensis), 31 cm. Strongly barred underparts; rufous breast band; brown streaked back. Widespread coloniser from the Philippines through Australia and across the Pacific. Inhabits marshes, grassland and coastal scrub. Omnivore. Least Concern; highly dispersive.

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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