Marquesan Swamphen vs Ash-throated Crake

Porphyrio paepae so với Porzana albicollis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Marquesan Swamphen Ash-throated Crake
Tên Khoa Học Porphyrio paepae Porzana albicollis
Bộ Gruiformes Gruiformes
Họ Rallidae Rallidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Extinct Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 23,1 cm (9.1 in)
Khối Lượng 104,0 g (3.67 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng -- 2-6
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Marquesan Swamphen only

Không

Ash-throated Crake only

Không

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

Least Concern

Ash-throated Crake

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.

Ash-throated Crake

Ash-throated Crake (Porzana albicollis), 20 cm. Grey head and throat, brown back, barred flanks; inhabits rank grass and marsh edges of South America from Colombia to Argentina. Omnivore. Least Concern; common in lowland wetlands and flooded grassland.

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