Plumbeous Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Pardirallus sanguinolentus в сравнении с Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Plumbeous Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Научное название Pardirallus sanguinolentus Porphyrio paepae
Отряд Gruiformes Gruiformes
Семейство Rallidae Rallidae
Охранный статус Least Concern Extinct
Длина
Размах крыльев 25,2 cm (9.9 in)
Масса 224,8 g (7.93 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 4-6 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Plumbeous Rail only

Нет

Marquesan Swamphen only

Нет

Охранный статус

Least Concern

Plumbeous Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Plumbeous Rail

Plumbeous Rail (Pardirallus sanguinolentus), 28 cm. Slaty grey with a red bill base; inhabits reed beds, swampy grassland and wetland margins from Ecuador to Argentina and Chile. Omnivore. Least Concern; widespread in South American wetlands.

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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