Marquesan Swamphen vs Red-necked Crake

Porphyrio paepae so với Rallina tricolor

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Marquesan Swamphen Red-necked Crake
Tên Khoa Học Porphyrio paepae Rallina tricolor
Bộ Gruiformes Gruiformes
Họ Rallidae Rallidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Extinct Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 26,9 cm (10.6 in)
Khối Lượng 184,66666666666666 g (6.51 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng -- 3-7
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Marquesan Swamphen only

Không

Red-necked Crake only

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

Least Concern

Red-necked 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.

Red-necked Crake

Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor) is a 27–30 cm crake of lowland New Guinea and north-eastern Australia. Bright rufous-chestnut head and neck; dark olive-brown back; white-barred black lower breast and belly. Inhabits rainforest undergrowth near streams and dense forest wetlands. Summer visitor to Cape York, Australia. Secretive; calls at night.

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