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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ	White Swamphen	King Rail
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์	Porphyrio albus	Rallus elegans
อันดับ	Gruiformes	Gruiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล	Rallidae	Rallidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์	Extinct	Near Threatened
ความยาว	—	—
กว้างปีก	—	31.7 cm (12.5 in)
น้ำหนัก	—	333.5 g (11.76 oz)
อาหาร	--	--
จำนวนไข่	--	3-15
Population Trend	—	—

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Habitat Comparison

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🌿 Wetland

White Swamphen only

🌲 Forest

King Rail only

🏖️ Coastal

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Extinct

White Swamphen

Near Threatened

King Rail

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About These Birds

White Swamphen

White Swamphen (Porphyrio albus) is an extinct all-white swamphen formerly endemic to Lord Howe Island, Australia. Known from specimens collected around 1790 and early drawings; had reduced wings indicating flightlessness or near-flightlessness. Extirpated by hunting after European discovery. Related to Australasian Swamphen.

King Rail

King Rail (Rallus elegans), 43 cm. Largest Nearctic rail; brown above with a rufous breast and barred flanks; long orange-red bill. Inhabits freshwater and brackish marshes in eastern North America. Omnivore: crayfish, frogs and insects. Near Threatened; declining with wetland loss.

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