Buff-banded Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Hypotaenidia philippensis dibandingkan dengan Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atribut Buff-banded Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Nama Ilmiah Hypotaenidia philippensis Porphyrio paepae
Ordo Gruiformes Gruiformes
Famili Rallidae Rallidae
Status Konservasi Least Concern Extinct
Panjang
Rentang Sayap 28,3 cm (11.1 in)
Berat 186,66666666666666 g (6.58 oz)
Diet -- --
Ukuran Sarang 2-8 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitat Bersama

Buff-banded Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

None

Status Konservasi

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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