White-throated Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Dryolimnas cuvieri 比較対象 Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 White-throated Rail Marquesan Swamphen
学名 Dryolimnas cuvieri Porphyrio paepae
Gruiformes Gruiformes
Rallidae Rallidae
保全状況 Least Concern Extinct
体長
翼開長 27.5 cm (10.8 in)
体重 199.4 g (7.03 oz)
食性 -- --
一腹卵数 3-4 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

White-throated Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

None

保全状況

Least Concern

White-throated Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

White-throated Rail

White-throated Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri), 28 cm. Brown above; white throat and breast; barred flanks. The nominate race inhabits scrub and wetland of Madagascar and surrounding islands; flightless on Aldabra Atoll. Omnivore. Least Concern for main population; Aldabra population is distinct.

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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