Grey-throated Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Canirallus oculeus so với Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Grey-throated Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Tên Khoa Học Canirallus oculeus Porphyrio paepae
Bộ Gruiformes Gruiformes
Họ Rallidae Rallidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Extinct
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 33,4 cm (13.1 in)
Khối Lượng 276,0 g (9.74 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Grey-throated Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Không

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Grey-throated Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Grey-throated Rail

Grey-throated Rail (Canirallus oculeus), 27 cm. Brown above; grey throat and breast; red eye and bill. Inhabits dense undergrowth of lowland forest in West and Central Africa. Omnivore: insects, snails and plant material. Least Concern; widespread but rarely seen.

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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