Azure Gallinule vs Marquesan Swamphen

Porphyrio flavirostris comparado com Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Azure Gallinule Marquesan Swamphen
Nome científico Porphyrio flavirostris Porphyrio paepae
Ordem Gruiformes Gruiformes
Família Rallidae Rallidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Extinct
Comprimento
Envergadura 26,4 cm (10.4 in)
Peso 92,5 g (3.26 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 4-5 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Azure Gallinule only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Azure Gallinule

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Azure Gallinule

Azure Gallinule (Porphyrio flavirostris) is a small 23–27 cm, pale gallinule of South America's Amazonian and Orinoco floodplains. Pale blue-grey plumage with white underparts, yellow-green bill, and pink legs. Inhabits floating grasses and water hyacinth mats in slow rivers and flooded savannas. Secretive; walks on floating vegetation.

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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