Brown Wood-rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Aramides wolfi в сравнении с Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Brown Wood-rail Marquesan Swamphen
Научное название Aramides wolfi Porphyrio paepae
Отряд Gruiformes Gruiformes
Семейство Rallidae Rallidae
Охранный статус Vulnerable Extinct
Длина
Размах крыльев 33,0 cm (13.0 in)
Масса 474,0 g (16.72 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 2-4 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Нет

Brown Wood-rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Охранный статус

Vulnerable

Brown Wood-rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Brown Wood-rail

Brown Wood-rail (Aramides wolfi), 38 cm. Uniform brown-olive overall with a grey head and red legs. Inhabits wet lowland forest and forest edge near streams in Ecuador and Colombia (Pacific slope). Omnivore. Vulnerable; dependent on intact wet Pacific forest.

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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