Common Moorhen vs Marquesan Swamphen

Gallinula chloropus 比較対象 Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Common Moorhen Marquesan Swamphen
学名 Gallinula chloropus Porphyrio paepae
Gruiformes Gruiformes
Rallidae Rallidae
保全状況 Least Concern Extinct
体長
翼開長 33.1 cm (13.0 in)
体重 297.5 g (10.49 oz)
食性 -- --
一腹卵数 2-14 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Common Moorhen only

None

Marquesan Swamphen only

None

保全状況

Least Concern

Common Moorhen

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Common Moorhen

世界中の淡水湿地に広く分布するクイナ(体長27〜31cm)。黒い体に赤い嘴の黄色い先端、白い脇の縦線が特徴。Gallinula chloropus(バン)は日本でも全国の池や河川で普通に見られ、岸辺を歩きながら植物の葉や昆虫を食べる。泳ぐとき首を前後に振る動作が特徴的。Rallidae科。

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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