Buff-banded Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Hypotaenidia philippensis ile kıyaslandığında Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Buff-banded Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Bilimsel Ad Hypotaenidia philippensis Porphyrio paepae
Takım Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familya Rallidae Rallidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Extinct
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 28,3 cm (11.1 in)
Ağırlık 186,66666666666666 g (6.58 oz)
Beslenme -- --
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 2-8 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Buff-banded Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Hiçbiri

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Buff-banded Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Buff-banded Rail

Buff-banded Rail (Hypotaenidia philippensis), 31 cm. Strongly barred underparts; rufous breast band; brown streaked back. Widespread coloniser from the Philippines through Australia and across the Pacific. Inhabits marshes, grassland and coastal scrub. Omnivore. Least Concern; highly dispersive.

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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