Ocellated Crake vs Marquesan Swamphen

Micropygia schomburgkii в сравнении с Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Ocellated Crake Marquesan Swamphen
Научное название Micropygia schomburgkii Porphyrio paepae
Отряд Gruiformes Gruiformes
Семейство Rallidae Rallidae
Охранный статус Least Concern Extinct
Длина
Размах крыльев 14,9 cm (5.9 in)
Масса 31,575 g (1.11 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Ocellated Crake only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Нет

Охранный статус

Least Concern

Ocellated Crake

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Ocellated Crake

Ocellated Crake (Micropygia schomburgkii) is a tiny 14–15 cm crake of South American savannas, from Venezuela south to Brazil and Bolivia. Buffy-brown above with dark streaking and pale ocelli on wing coverts; pale buff underparts. Inhabits grasslands and dry savannas with scattered marshes.

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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