Guam Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Hypotaenidia owstoni в сравнении с Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Guam Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Научное название Hypotaenidia owstoni Porphyrio paepae
Отряд Gruiformes Gruiformes
Семейство Rallidae Rallidae
Охранный статус Critically Endangered Extinct
Длина
Размах крыльев 22,4 cm (8.8 in)
Масса 230,25 g (8.12 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 3-4 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Нет

Guam Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Охранный статус

Critically Endangered

Guam Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Guam Rail

Guam Rail (Hypotaenidia owstoni), 28 cm. Brown above with barred flanks; blue-grey face; nearly flightless. Extinct in the wild on Guam by 1987 after the introduction of the brown treesnake; reintroduced to Rota Island. Omnivore. Critically Endangered (wild); captive-breeding program ongoing.

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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