Barred Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Hypotaenidia torquata в сравнении с Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Barred Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Научное название Hypotaenidia torquata Porphyrio paepae
Отряд Gruiformes Gruiformes
Семейство Rallidae Rallidae
Охранный статус Least Concern Extinct
Длина
Размах крыльев 28,6 cm (11.3 in)
Масса 270,5 g (9.54 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 3-4 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Barred Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Нет

Охранный статус

Least Concern

Barred Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Barred Rail

Barred Rail (Hypotaenidia torquata), 28 cm. Brown above; white-barred grey below; red eye; found across the Philippines, Sulawesi and adjacent islands. Inhabits grassland, rice paddies and marshes. Omnivore. Least Concern; widespread across its island range.

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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