Paint-billed Crake vs Marquesan Swamphen

Neocrex erythrops в сравнении с Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Paint-billed Crake Marquesan Swamphen
Научное название Neocrex erythrops Porphyrio paepae
Отряд Gruiformes Gruiformes
Семейство Rallidae Rallidae
Охранный статус Least Concern Extinct
Длина
Размах крыльев 19,3 cm (7.6 in)
Масса 55,833333333333336 g (1.97 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 3-7 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Paint-billed Crake only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Нет

Охранный статус

Least Concern

Paint-billed Crake

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Paint-billed Crake

Paint-billed Crake (Neocrex erythrops), 18 cm. Brown above with a diagnostic multi-coloured bill (red base, yellow tip); grey underparts. Found in wet grassland and cultivation from Panama to Argentina. Omnivore. Least Concern; locally common but secretive.

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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