Swinhoe's Rail vs White Swamphen

Coturnicops exquisitus so với Porphyrio albus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Swinhoe's Rail White Swamphen
Tên Khoa Học Coturnicops exquisitus Porphyrio albus
Bộ Gruiformes Gruiformes
Họ Rallidae Rallidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Extinct
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 14,9 cm (5.9 in)
Khối Lượng 55,900000000000006 g (1.97 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng 3-10 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Swinhoe's Rail only

Không

White Swamphen only

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Swinhoe's Rail

Extinct

White Swamphen

About These Birds

Swinhoe's Rail

Swinhoe's Rail (Coturnicops exquisitus) is a tiny 13–14 cm rail of East Asia and Siberia. Streaked brown plumage with a buffy face; very small and quail-like. Breeds in Siberia, Manchuria, and Mongolia; winters in south-east China, Korea, and Japan. Inhabits wet grassland, rice paddies, and sedge marshes. Extremely secretive; rarely detected.

White Swamphen

White Swamphen (Porphyrio albus) is an extinct all-white swamphen formerly endemic to Lord Howe Island, Australia. Known from specimens collected around 1790 and early drawings; had reduced wings indicating flightlessness or near-flightlessness. Extirpated by hunting after European discovery. Related to Australasian Swamphen.

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