Tahiti Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Hypotaenidia pacifica 比較対象 Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Tahiti Rail Marquesan Swamphen
学名 Hypotaenidia pacifica Porphyrio paepae
Gruiformes Gruiformes
Rallidae Rallidae
保全状況 Extinct Extinct
体長
翼開長
体重 158.5 g (5.59 oz)
食性 -- --
一腹卵数 -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Tahiti Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

None

保全状況

Extinct

Tahiti Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Tahiti Rail

Tahiti Rail (Hypotaenidia pacifica). Extinct. Small rail formerly endemic to Tahiti and Mehetia, Society Islands, French Polynesia. Known from 18th-century descriptions and illustrations by Forster during Cook's voyages. Extinct by c. 1800, likely due to introduced rats and hunting.

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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