Marquesan Swamphen vs Spotless Crake

Porphyrio paepae 比較対象 Zapornia tabuensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Marquesan Swamphen Spotless Crake
学名 Porphyrio paepae Zapornia tabuensis
Gruiformes Gruiformes
Rallidae Rallidae
保全状況 Extinct Least Concern
体長
翼開長 16.1 cm (6.3 in)
体重 42.25 g (1.49 oz)
食性 -- --
一腹卵数 -- 2-6
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Marquesan Swamphen only

None

Spotless Crake only

保全状況

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

Least Concern

Spotless Crake

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.

Spotless Crake

Spotless Crake (Zapornia tabuensis) is a small 17–20 cm, dark crake of the Pacific and Australasia. Uniform dark slate-grey with brown back; red eye and reddish bill base; no spotting. Inhabits freshwater and brackish marshes, sedge swamps, and dense reed beds from New Guinea and Australia east through Polynesia. Secretive.

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