Barred Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Hypotaenidia torquata 比較対象 Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Barred Rail Marquesan Swamphen
学名 Hypotaenidia torquata Porphyrio paepae
Gruiformes Gruiformes
Rallidae Rallidae
保全状況 Least Concern Extinct
体長
翼開長 28.6 cm (11.3 in)
体重 270.5 g (9.54 oz)
食性 -- --
一腹卵数 3-4 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Barred Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

None

保全状況

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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