Marquesan Swamphen vs Plain-flanked Rail

Porphyrio paepae so với Rallus wetmorei

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Marquesan Swamphen Plain-flanked Rail
Tên Khoa Học Porphyrio paepae Rallus wetmorei
Bộ Gruiformes Gruiformes
Họ Rallidae Rallidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Extinct Endangered
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 25,0 cm (9.8 in)
Khối Lượng 217,5 g (7.67 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng -- 4-7
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Marquesan Swamphen only

Không

Plain-flanked Rail only

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

Endangered

Plain-flanked Rail

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.

Plain-flanked Rail

Plain-flanked Rail (Rallus wetmorei), 35 cm. Brown with unbarred buff-grey flanks; long curved bill. Restricted to mangroves of the Caribbean coast of Venezuela. Omnivore. Endangered; tiny range with severe mangrove loss due to coastal development.

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