Buff-banded Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Hypotaenidia philippensis в сравнении с Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Buff-banded Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Научное название Hypotaenidia philippensis Porphyrio paepae
Отряд Gruiformes Gruiformes
Семейство Rallidae Rallidae
Охранный статус Least Concern Extinct
Длина
Размах крыльев 28,3 cm (11.1 in)
Масса 186,66666666666666 g (6.58 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 2-8 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Buff-banded Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Нет

Охранный статус

Least Concern

Buff-banded Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Buff-banded Rail

Buff-banded Rail (Hypotaenidia philippensis), 31 cm. Strongly barred underparts; rufous breast band; brown streaked back. Widespread coloniser from the Philippines through Australia and across the Pacific. Inhabits marshes, grassland and coastal scrub. Omnivore. Least Concern; highly dispersive.

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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