White Swamphen vs Ridgway's Rail

Porphyrio albus ile kıyaslandığında Rallus obsoletus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik White Swamphen Ridgway's Rail
Bilimsel Ad Porphyrio albus Rallus obsoletus
Takım Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familya Rallidae Rallidae
Koruma Durumu Extinct Near Threatened
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 29,6 cm (11.7 in)
Ağırlık 295,0 g (10.41 oz)
Beslenme -- --
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü -- 4-14
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

White Swamphen only

Ridgway's Rail only

Hiçbiri

Koruma Durumu

Extinct

White Swamphen

Near Threatened

Ridgway's Rail

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.

Ridgway's Rail

Ridgway's Rail (Rallus obsoletus), 38 cm. Long-billed; brown above; rufous breast; barred flanks. Found in coastal saltmarshes and freshwater marshes of California and Baja California. Omnivore: crabs, fish, invertebrates. Endangered; severe tidal marsh loss and sea-level rise.

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