Yellow-breasted Crake vs Marquesan Swamphen

Laterallus flaviventer so với Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Yellow-breasted Crake Marquesan Swamphen
Tên Khoa Học Laterallus flaviventer Porphyrio paepae
Bộ Gruiformes Gruiformes
Họ Rallidae Rallidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Extinct
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 13,2 cm (5.2 in)
Khối Lượng 24,825 g (0.88 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng 3-7 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Yellow-breasted Crake only

Không

Marquesan Swamphen only

Không

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Yellow-breasted Crake

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Yellow-breasted Crake

Yellow-breasted Crake (Laterallus flaviventer) is a small 13–15 cm crake of tropical America, from Mexico to Brazil. Buffy-yellow below with black-and-white barred flanks; dark brown streaked above; yellowish bill. Inhabits floating aquatic vegetation, rice paddies, and grassy marsh edges. Secretive; walks on floating mats.

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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