Dot-winged Crake vs Marquesan Swamphen

Laterallus spilopterus 비교 대상 Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Dot-winged Crake Marquesan Swamphen
학명 Laterallus spilopterus Porphyrio paepae
Gruiformes Gruiformes
Rallidae Rallidae
보전 상태 Vulnerable Extinct
체장
날개 폭 15.2 cm (6.0 in)
체중 56.5 g (1.99 oz)
식성 -- --
산란 수 -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Dot-winged Crake only

Marquesan Swamphen only

없음

보전 상태

Vulnerable

Dot-winged Crake

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Dot-winged Crake

Dot-winged Crake (Laterallus spilopterus) is a small 14–16 cm crake of the Galápagos Islands. Brown above with white spots on wing coverts; grey below with barred flanks. Endemic to Santa Cruz and several other Galápagos islands. Inhabits highland wet zones with dense vegetation and marsh edges. Secretive but locally common.

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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