Horned Coot vs Marquesan Swamphen

Fulica cornuta comparado com Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Horned Coot Marquesan Swamphen
Nome científico Fulica cornuta Porphyrio paepae
Ordem Gruiformes Gruiformes
Família Rallidae Rallidae
Estado de conservação Near Threatened Extinct
Comprimento
Envergadura 58,2 cm (22.9 in)
Peso 1863,5 g (65.73 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 3-5 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Horned Coot only

Nenhum

Marquesan Swamphen only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Near Threatened

Horned Coot

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Horned Coot

Horned Coot (Fulica cornuta) is a 58–62 cm large Andean coot of the high-altitude salt lakes of Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina above 4,000 m. All-black with white bill and a distinctive large fleshy horn projecting from the frontal shield. Builds massive stone nest mounds in shallow lakes. Feeds on aquatic algae. Near Threatened.

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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