Marquesan Swamphen vs Spot-flanked Gallinule

Porphyrio paepae so với Porphyriops melanops

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Marquesan Swamphen Spot-flanked Gallinule
Tên Khoa Học Porphyrio paepae Porphyriops melanops
Bộ Gruiformes Gruiformes
Họ Rallidae Rallidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Extinct Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 25,0 cm (9.8 in)
Khối Lượng 189,5 g (6.68 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng -- 4-8
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Marquesan Swamphen only

Không

Spot-flanked Gallinule only

Không

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

Least Concern

Spot-flanked Gallinule

About These Birds

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.

Spot-flanked Gallinule

Spot-flanked Gallinule (Porphyriops melanops) is a small 22–25 cm rail of southern South America's marshes and reed-beds. Dark olive-brown above with white-spotted flanks, grey face, and short red-tipped yellow bill. Frequents still or slow-moving freshwater wetlands in Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brazil, and Chile.

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