Black-backed Swamphen vs Marquesan Swamphen

Porphyrio indicus so với Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Black-backed Swamphen Marquesan Swamphen
Tên Khoa Học Porphyrio indicus Porphyrio paepae
Bộ Gruiformes Gruiformes
Họ Rallidae Rallidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Not Evaluated Extinct
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh
Khối Lượng 604,45 g (21.32 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Black-backed Swamphen only

Không

Marquesan Swamphen only

Không

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Not Evaluated

Black-backed Swamphen

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Black-backed Swamphen

Black-backed Swamphen (Porphyrio indicus) is a 42–50 cm large swamphen of the Indonesian archipelago, including Sulawesi, the Moluccas, and New Guinea. Deep purple-blue with conspicuous jet-black back and mantle, distinguishing it from related swamphens. Massive red bill and frontal shield. Inhabits freshwater swamps and rice paddies.

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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