Corncrake vs White Swamphen

Crex crex ile kıyaslandığında Porphyrio albus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Corncrake White Swamphen
Bilimsel Ad Crex crex Porphyrio albus
Takım Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familya Rallidae Rallidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Extinct
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 27,4 cm (10.8 in)
Ağırlık 158,75 g (5.60 oz)
Beslenme -- --
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 8-12 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Corncrake only

White Swamphen only

Hiçbiri

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Corncrake

Extinct

White Swamphen

About These Birds

Corncrake

Corncrake (Crex crex), 28 cm. Streaky buff-brown; distinctive chestnut wings visible in flight; rasping 'crex-crex' call. Breeds in hay meadows across Europe and western Asia; winters in eastern and southern Africa. Omnivore. Near Threatened; intensive agriculture has caused severe decline.

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.

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