Rufous-necked Wood-rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Aramides axillaris comparado com Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Rufous-necked Wood-rail Marquesan Swamphen
Nome científico Aramides axillaris Porphyrio paepae
Ordem Gruiformes Gruiformes
Família Rallidae Rallidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Extinct
Comprimento
Envergadura 33,2 cm (13.1 in)
Peso 285,6666666666667 g (10.08 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 5-6 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Rufous-necked Wood-rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Rufous-necked Wood-rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Rufous-necked Wood-rail

Rufous-necked Wood-rail (Aramides axillaris), 28 cm. Grey head, rufous neck and breast, olive back, red legs and bill. Found in mangrove and coastal forest from Mexico to Ecuador and Venezuela. Omnivore: crabs, invertebrates and plant material. Least Concern; mangrove specialist.

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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