Colombian Crake vs Marquesan Swamphen

Neocrex colombiana comparado com Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Colombian Crake Marquesan Swamphen
Nome científico Neocrex colombiana Porphyrio paepae
Ordem Gruiformes Gruiformes
Família Rallidae Rallidae
Estado de conservação Data Deficient Extinct
Comprimento
Envergadura 19,4 cm (7.6 in)
Peso 58,3 g (2.06 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Colombian Crake only

Nenhum

Marquesan Swamphen only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Data Deficient

Colombian Crake

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Colombian Crake

Colombian Crake (Neocrex colombiana), 18 cm. Brown above, grey below with barred flanks; red eye and bill. Found in wet grassland and marshes of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and northwestern Brazil. Omnivore. Least Concern; poorly known but not uncommon in suitable habitat.

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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