Brown-banded Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Lewinia mirifica so với Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Brown-banded Rail Marquesan Swamphen
Tên Khoa Học Lewinia mirifica Porphyrio paepae
Bộ Gruiformes Gruiformes
Họ Rallidae Rallidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Data Deficient Extinct
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 19,4 cm (7.6 in)
Khối Lượng 64,0 g (2.26 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Không

Brown-banded Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Data Deficient

Brown-banded Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Brown-banded Rail

Brown-banded Rail (Lewinia mirifica), 23 cm. Brown with dark streaks above; brown breast band and barred flanks. Endemic to Luzon, Philippines. Inhabits freshwater marshes and tall grass in lowland areas. Omnivore. Endangered; restricted range with severe wetland drainage.

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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