Red-winged Wood-rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Aramides calopterus so với Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Red-winged Wood-rail Marquesan Swamphen
Tên Khoa Học Aramides calopterus Porphyrio paepae
Bộ Gruiformes Gruiformes
Họ Rallidae Rallidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Extinct
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 30,8 cm (12.1 in)
Khối Lượng 320,5 g (11.31 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng 3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Không

Red-winged Wood-rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Red-winged Wood-rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Red-winged Wood-rail

Red-winged Wood-rail (Aramides calopterus), 32 cm. Brown with conspicuous rufous-red wings visible in flight; grey head and red legs. Found in wet lowland forest of the Amazon basin (Peru, Ecuador, Colombia). Omnivore. Least Concern; poorly known but range stable.

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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