New Britain Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Hypotaenidia insignis 比較対象 Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 New Britain Rail Marquesan Swamphen
学名 Hypotaenidia insignis Porphyrio paepae
Gruiformes Gruiformes
Rallidae Rallidae
保全状況 Near Threatened Extinct
体長
翼開長 27.6 cm (10.9 in)
体重 353.1 g (12.46 oz)
食性 -- --
一腹卵数 -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

New Britain Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

None

保全状況

Near Threatened

New Britain Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

New Britain Rail

New Britain Rail (Hypotaenidia insignis), 30 cm. Brown with barred underparts; red bill and eye. Endemic to New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Inhabits grassland, savanna and marsh edges. Omnivore. Near Threatened; deforestation and habitat alteration on New Britain.

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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