Marquesan Swamphen vs Black-tailed Crake

Porphyrio paepae ile kıyaslandığında Zapornia bicolor

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Marquesan Swamphen Black-tailed Crake
Bilimsel Ad Porphyrio paepae Zapornia bicolor
Takım Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familya Rallidae Rallidae
Koruma Durumu Extinct Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 22,0 cm (8.7 in)
Ağırlık 107,0 g (3.77 oz)
Beslenme -- --
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü -- 5-8
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Marquesan Swamphen only

Hiçbiri

Black-tailed Crake only

Koruma Durumu

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

Least Concern

Black-tailed Crake

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.

Black-tailed Crake

Black-tailed Crake (Zapornia bicolor) is a small 19–22 cm crake of the eastern Himalayas and South-East Asia hill forests. Dark olive-brown above; chestnut below; greenish bill; red eye and legs. Inhabits wet hill-forest clearings, rice terraces, and mountain marsh edges from Nepal east to southern China and Indochina.

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