Speckled Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Coturnicops notatus comparado com Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Speckled Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Nome científico Coturnicops notatus Porphyrio paepae
Ordem Gruiformes Gruiformes
Família Rallidae Rallidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Extinct
Comprimento
Envergadura 14,7 cm (5.8 in)
Peso 27,5 g (0.97 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Speckled Rail only

Nenhum

Marquesan Swamphen only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Speckled Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Speckled Rail

Speckled Rail (Coturnicops notatus) is a small 15–17 cm, poorly-known rail of South America. Olive-brown above; white-spotted breast and flanks. Found in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru. Inhabits wet grasslands, marsh edges, and seasonally flooded savannas. Extremely secretive; known from few specimens.

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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