Giant Wood-rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Aramides ypecaha в сравнении с Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Giant Wood-rail Marquesan Swamphen
Научное название Aramides ypecaha Porphyrio paepae
Отряд Gruiformes Gruiformes
Семейство Rallidae Rallidae
Охранный статус Least Concern Extinct
Длина
Размах крыльев 44,6 cm (17.6 in)
Масса 711,25 g (25.09 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 4-5 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Giant Wood-rail only

Нет

Marquesan Swamphen only

Нет

Охранный статус

Least Concern

Giant Wood-rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Giant Wood-rail

Giant Wood-rail (Aramides ypecaha), 46 cm. Largest wood-rail; grey head, rufous breast, olive back and red legs. Found in marshes, wetland edges and wet grassland of southeastern South America (Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil). Omnivore. Least Concern; locally 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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