Spot-flanked Gallinule vs African Rail

Porphyriops melanops से तुलना Rallus caerulescens

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Spot-flanked Gallinule African Rail
वैज्ञानिक नाम Porphyriops melanops Rallus caerulescens
गण Gruiformes Gruiformes
कुल Rallidae Rallidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Least Concern Least Concern
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 25.0 cm (9.8 in) 23.8 cm (9.4 in)
वजन 189.5 g (6.68 oz) 160.25 g (5.65 oz)
आहार -- --
अंडों की संख्या 4-8 2-6
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

Spot-flanked Gallinule only

कोई नहीं

African Rail only

संरक्षण स्थिति

Least Concern

Spot-flanked Gallinule

Least Concern

African Rail

About These Birds

Spot-flanked Gallinule

Spot-flanked Gallinule (Porphyriops melanops) is a small 22–25 cm rail of southern South America's marshes and reed-beds. Dark olive-brown above with white-spotted flanks, grey face, and short red-tipped yellow bill. Frequents still or slow-moving freshwater wetlands in Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brazil, and Chile.

African Rail

African Rail (Rallus caerulescens), 28 cm. Brown above with dark streaks; blue-grey underparts; barred white flanks; red bill and legs. Found in freshwater reedbeds and swamp margins across sub-Saharan Africa. Omnivore. Least Concern; common in wetland habitat.

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