Corncrake vs Marquesan Swamphen

Crex crex so với Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Corncrake Marquesan Swamphen
Tên Khoa Học Crex crex Porphyrio paepae
Bộ Gruiformes Gruiformes
Họ Rallidae Rallidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Extinct
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 27,4 cm (10.8 in)
Khối Lượng 158,75 g (5.60 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng 8-12 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Corncrake only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Không

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Corncrake

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Corncrake

Corncrake (Crex crex), 28 cm. Streaky buff-brown; distinctive chestnut wings visible in flight; rasping 'crex-crex' call. Breeds in hay meadows across Europe and western Asia; winters in eastern and southern Africa. Omnivore. Near Threatened; intensive agriculture has caused severe decline.

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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