African Crake vs Wake Island Rail

Crex egregia comparado com Hypotaenidia wakensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo African Crake Wake Island Rail
Nome científico Crex egregia Hypotaenidia wakensis
Ordem Gruiformes Gruiformes
Família Rallidae Rallidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Extinct
Comprimento
Envergadura 24,2 cm (9.5 in)
Peso 120,66666666666667 g (4.26 oz) 106,1 g (3.74 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 3-9 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Nenhum

African Crake only

Wake Island Rail only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

African Crake

Extinct

Wake Island Rail

About These Birds

African Crake

African Crake (Crex egregia), 22 cm. Brown above with buff and black streaking; grey face and breast; barred white flanks; short bill. Found in wet grassland, rank grass and cultivation across sub-Saharan Africa. Omnivore. Least Concern; widespread.

Wake Island Rail

Wake Island Rail (Hypotaenidia wakensis). Extinct. Flightless; brown with barred underparts; endemic to Wake Island (US territory), central Pacific. Last individuals eaten by stranded Japanese soldiers in 1945 during World War II. Omnivore. Extinction documented by soldiers' own accounts.

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