Marquesan Swamphen vs Austral Rail

Porphyrio paepae 比較対象 Rallus antarcticus

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Marquesan Swamphen Austral Rail
学名 Porphyrio paepae Rallus antarcticus
Gruiformes Gruiformes
Rallidae Rallidae
保全状況 Extinct Vulnerable
体長
翼開長 18.3 cm (7.2 in)
体重 60.4 g (2.13 oz)
食性 -- --
一腹卵数 -- 8
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Marquesan Swamphen only

None

Austral Rail only

None

保全状況

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

Vulnerable

Austral Rail

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.

Austral Rail

Austral Rail (Rallus antarcticus), 19 cm. Brown with dark streaks above; grey breast and barred flanks. Found in dense reed-marsh of southern Chile and adjacent Argentina south to Tierra del Fuego. Omnivore. Endangered; drainage of southern marshes and livestock impacts.

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