Bare-eyed Rail vs Wake Island Rail

Gymnocrex plumbeiventris comparado com Hypotaenidia wakensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Bare-eyed Rail Wake Island Rail
Nome científico Gymnocrex plumbeiventris Hypotaenidia wakensis
Ordem Gruiformes Gruiformes
Família Rallidae Rallidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Extinct
Comprimento
Envergadura 38,4 cm (15.1 in)
Peso 287,5 g (10.14 oz) 106,1 g (3.74 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Nenhum

Bare-eyed Rail only

Wake Island Rail only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Bare-eyed Rail

Extinct

Wake Island Rail

About These Birds

Bare-eyed Rail

Bare-eyed Rail (Gymnocrex plumbeiventris) is a 27–31 cm rail of the Moluccas and New Guinea region. Grey below; brown above; distinctive bare red-orange facial skin around eye. Inhabits lowland rainforest, secondary forest, and forest edges near water. Secretive; walks through leaf litter foraging for invertebrates and small vertebrates.

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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