Marquesan Swamphen vs Spot-flanked Gallinule

Porphyrio paepae ile kıyaslandığında Porphyriops melanops

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Marquesan Swamphen Spot-flanked Gallinule
Bilimsel Ad Porphyrio paepae Porphyriops melanops
Takım Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familya Rallidae Rallidae
Koruma Durumu Extinct Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 25,0 cm (9.8 in)
Ağırlık 189,5 g (6.68 oz)
Beslenme -- --
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü -- 4-8
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Marquesan Swamphen only

Hiçbiri

Spot-flanked Gallinule only

Hiçbiri

Koruma Durumu

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

Least Concern

Spot-flanked Gallinule

About These Birds

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.

Spot-flanked Gallinule

Spot-flanked Gallinule (Porphyriops melanops) is a small 22–25 cm rail of southern South America's marshes and reed-beds. Dark olive-brown above with white-spotted flanks, grey face, and short red-tipped yellow bill. Frequents still or slow-moving freshwater wetlands in Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brazil, and Chile.

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