Hawkins's Rail vs White Swamphen

Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi so với Porphyrio albus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Hawkins's Rail White Swamphen
Tên Khoa Học Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi Porphyrio albus
Bộ Gruiformes Gruiformes
Họ Rallidae Rallidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Extinct Extinct
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh
Khối Lượng 2000,0 g (70.55 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Hawkins's Rail only

Không

White Swamphen only

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Extinct

Hawkins's Rail

Extinct

White Swamphen

About These Birds

Hawkins's Rail

Hawkins's Rail (Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi). Extinct. Large flightless rail formerly endemic to Chatham Islands, New Zealand; estimated 50 cm. Known from sub-fossil bones. Driven to extinction by Polynesian settlers and introduced rats before European contact, likely by 1400 CE. Omnivore of forest floor.

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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