African Crake vs Kosrae Crake

Crex egregia comparado com Zapornia monasa

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo African Crake Kosrae Crake
Nome científico Crex egregia Zapornia monasa
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)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 3-9 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

African Crake only

Kosrae Crake only

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

African Crake

Extinct

Kosrae Crake

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.

Kosrae Crake

Kosrae Crake (Zapornia monasa) is an extinct flightless rail formerly endemic to Kosrae in the Caroline Islands, Micronesia. Known from bones and a single 19th-century description. Dark plumage, reduced wings. Extirpated following Polynesian and later European settlement; likely lost to introduced rats and cats.

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