Barred Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Hypotaenidia torquata dibandingkan dengan Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atribut Barred Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Nama Ilmiah Hypotaenidia torquata Porphyrio paepae
Ordo Gruiformes Gruiformes
Famili Rallidae Rallidae
Status Konservasi Least Concern Extinct
Panjang
Rentang Sayap 28,6 cm (11.3 in)
Berat 270,5 g (9.54 oz)
Diet -- --
Ukuran Sarang 3-4 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitat Bersama

Barred Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

None

Status Konservasi

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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