Spot-flanked Gallinule vs African Rail

Porphyriops melanops ile kıyaslandığında Rallus caerulescens

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Spot-flanked Gallinule African Rail
Bilimsel Ad Porphyriops melanops Rallus caerulescens
Takım Gruiformes Gruiformes
Familya Rallidae Rallidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 25,0 cm (9.8 in) 23,8 cm (9.4 in)
Ağırlık 189,5 g (6.68 oz) 160,25 g (5.65 oz)
Beslenme -- --
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 4-8 2-6
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Spot-flanked Gallinule only

Hiçbiri

African Rail only

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Spot-flanked Gallinule

Least Concern

African Rail

About These Birds

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.

African Rail

African Rail (Rallus caerulescens), 28 cm. Brown above with dark streaks; blue-grey underparts; barred white flanks; red bill and legs. Found in freshwater reedbeds and swamp margins across sub-Saharan Africa. Omnivore. Least Concern; common in wetland habitat.

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