Zapata Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Cyanolimnas cerverai comparado com Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Zapata Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Nome científico Cyanolimnas cerverai Porphyrio paepae
Ordem Gruiformes Gruiformes
Família Rallidae Rallidae
Estado de conservação Critically Endangered Extinct
Comprimento
Envergadura 20,5 cm (8.1 in)
Peso 175,0 g (6.17 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Zapata Rail only

Nenhum

Marquesan Swamphen only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Critically Endangered

Zapata Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Zapata Rail

Zapata Rail (Cyanolimnas cerverai), 29 cm. Slate-grey with brown upperparts, red bill and pink legs; flightless. Endemic to the Zapata Swamp, Cuba. Inhabits dense sawgrass marsh. Omnivore. Critically Endangered; world's rarest rail, threatened by drainage, burning and predators.

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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