Barred Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Hypotaenidia torquata comparé à Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribut Barred Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Nom scientifique Hypotaenidia torquata Porphyrio paepae
Ordre Gruiformes Gruiformes
Famille Rallidae Rallidae
Statut de conservation Least Concern Extinct
Longueur
Envergure 28,6 cm (11.3 in)
Poids 270,5 g (9.54 oz)
Régime alimentaire -- --
Taille de la couvée 3-4 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partagés

Barred Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Aucun(e)

Statut de conservation

Least Concern

Barred Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Barred Rail

Barred Rail (Hypotaenidia torquata), 28 cm. Brown above; white-barred grey below; red eye; found across the Philippines, Sulawesi and adjacent islands. Inhabits grassland, rice paddies and marshes. Omnivore. Least Concern; widespread across its island 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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