Chestnut Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Eulabeornis castaneoventris comparado com Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Chestnut Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Nome científico Eulabeornis castaneoventris Porphyrio paepae
Ordem Gruiformes Gruiformes
Família Rallidae Rallidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Extinct
Comprimento
Envergadura 43,0 cm (16.9 in)
Peso 699,0 g (24.66 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 4-5 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Nenhum

Chestnut Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Chestnut Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Chestnut Rail

Chestnut Rail (Eulabeornis castaneoventris), 40 cm. Grey head and back; warm chestnut belly; red bill. Inhabits mangrove and tidal forest of northern Australia and southern New Guinea. Omnivore: crabs, fish and invertebrates. Least Concern; mangrove specialist.

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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