Slaty-breasted Wood-rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Aramides saracura so với Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Slaty-breasted Wood-rail Marquesan Swamphen
Tên Khoa Học Aramides saracura Porphyrio paepae
Bộ Gruiformes Gruiformes
Họ Rallidae Rallidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Extinct
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 36,4 cm (14.3 in)
Khối Lượng 500,0 g (17.64 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng 4-5 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Slaty-breasted Wood-rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Không

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Slaty-breasted Wood-rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Slaty-breasted Wood-rail

Slaty-breasted Wood-rail (Aramides saracura), 36 cm. Grey head and breast; olive back; rufous belly; red legs. Endemic to Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil and adjacent Argentina and Paraguay. Inhabits riparian and gallery forest. Omnivore. Least Concern; common in its restricted Atlantic Forest range.

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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