Red-winged Wood-rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Aramides calopterus comparado com Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Red-winged Wood-rail Marquesan Swamphen
Nome científico Aramides calopterus Porphyrio paepae
Ordem Gruiformes Gruiformes
Família Rallidae Rallidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Extinct
Comprimento
Envergadura 30,8 cm (12.1 in)
Peso 320,5 g (11.31 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Nenhum

Red-winged Wood-rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Red-winged Wood-rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Red-winged Wood-rail

Red-winged Wood-rail (Aramides calopterus), 32 cm. Brown with conspicuous rufous-red wings visible in flight; grey head and red legs. Found in wet lowland forest of the Amazon basin (Peru, Ecuador, Colombia). Omnivore. Least Concern; poorly known but range stable.

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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