Zapata Rail vs White Swamphen

Cyanolimnas cerverai so với Porphyrio albus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Zapata Rail White Swamphen
Tên Khoa Học Cyanolimnas cerverai Porphyrio albus
Bộ Gruiformes Gruiformes
Họ Rallidae Rallidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Critically Endangered Extinct
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 20,5 cm (8.1 in)
Khối Lượng 175,0 g (6.17 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng 3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Zapata Rail only

Không

White Swamphen only

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Critically Endangered

Zapata Rail

Extinct

White Swamphen

About These Birds

Zapata Rail

Zapata Rail (Cyanolimnas cerverai), 29 cm. Slate-grey with brown upperparts, red bill and pink legs; flightless. Endemic to the Zapata Swamp, Cuba. Inhabits dense sawgrass marsh. Omnivore. Critically Endangered; world's rarest rail, threatened by drainage, burning and predators.

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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