Zapata Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Cyanolimnas cerverai so với Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Zapata Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Tên Khoa Học Cyanolimnas cerverai Porphyrio paepae
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

Marquesan Swamphen only

Không

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Critically Endangered

Zapata Rail

Extinct

Marquesan 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.

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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