Marquesan Swamphen vs Spot-flanked Gallinule

Porphyrio paepae 比較対象 Porphyriops melanops

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Marquesan Swamphen Spot-flanked Gallinule
学名 Porphyrio paepae Porphyriops melanops
Gruiformes Gruiformes
Rallidae Rallidae
保全状況 Extinct Least Concern
体長
翼開長 25.0 cm (9.8 in)
体重 189.5 g (6.68 oz)
食性 -- --
一腹卵数 -- 4-8
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Marquesan Swamphen only

None

Spot-flanked Gallinule only

None

保全状況

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

Least Concern

Spot-flanked Gallinule

About These Birds

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.

Spot-flanked Gallinule

Spot-flanked Gallinule (Porphyriops melanops) is a small 22–25 cm rail of southern South America's marshes and reed-beds. Dark olive-brown above with white-spotted flanks, grey face, and short red-tipped yellow bill. Frequents still or slow-moving freshwater wetlands in Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brazil, and Chile.

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