Lewin's Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Lewinia pectoralis comparado com Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Lewin's Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Nome científico Lewinia pectoralis Porphyrio paepae
Ordem Gruiformes Gruiformes
Família Rallidae Rallidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Extinct
Comprimento
Envergadura 18,8 cm (7.4 in)
Peso 78,5 g (2.77 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 3-8 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Lewin's Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Lewin's Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Lewin's Rail

Lewin's Rail (Lewinia pectoralis), 23 cm. Brown above; grey breast; barred white flanks; long red bill. Found in freshwater marshes and wet heathland of Australia, Java and adjacent islands. Omnivore. Least Concern; secretive but moderately common.

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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