Red-knobbed Coot vs Marquesan Swamphen

Fulica cristata в сравнении с Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Red-knobbed Coot Marquesan Swamphen
Научное название Fulica cristata Porphyrio paepae
Отряд Gruiformes Gruiformes
Семейство Rallidae Rallidae
Охранный статус Least Concern Extinct
Длина
Размах крыльев 42,4 cm (16.7 in)
Масса 754,0 g (26.60 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 5-7 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Red-knobbed Coot only

Нет

Marquesan Swamphen only

Нет

Охранный статус

Least Concern

Red-knobbed Coot

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Red-knobbed Coot

Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata) is a 38–44 cm Afrotropical and Iberian coot. Resembles Eurasian Coot but has two red knobs at the top of the white frontal shield in breeding plumage. Inhabits freshwater lakes and marshes across sub-Saharan Africa and Spain/Morocco. Feeds on aquatic plants and invertebrates by diving. Vulnerable in Europe.

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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