Drummer Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Habroptila wallacii से तुलना Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Drummer Rail Marquesan Swamphen
वैज्ञानिक नाम Habroptila wallacii Porphyrio paepae
गण Gruiformes Gruiformes
कुल Rallidae Rallidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Vulnerable Extinct
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 32.6 cm (12.8 in)
वजन 1000.0 g (35.27 oz)
आहार -- --
अंडों की संख्या -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

Drummer Rail only

कोई नहीं

Marquesan Swamphen only

कोई नहीं

संरक्षण स्थिति

Vulnerable

Drummer Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Drummer Rail

Drummer Rail (Habroptila wallacii), 38 cm. Large, nearly flightless; grey with brown upperparts and a thick red bill. Endemic to Halmahera, Indonesia. Inhabits lowland primary forest floor. Omnivore; produces a deep drumming call. Vulnerable; deforestation on Halmahera.

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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