Marquesan Swamphen vs Little Crake

Porphyrio paepae so với Zapornia parva

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Marquesan Swamphen Little Crake
Tên Khoa Học Porphyrio paepae Zapornia parva
Bộ Gruiformes Gruiformes
Họ Rallidae Rallidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Extinct Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 20,2 cm (8.0 in)
Khối Lượng 50,75 g (1.79 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng -- 7-9
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Marquesan Swamphen only

Không

Little Crake only

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

Least Concern

Little 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.

Little Crake

Little Crake (Zapornia parva) is a small 17–20 cm crake of Eurasian freshwater marshes. Olive-brown above; male has blue-grey face and breast; short greenish bill. Breeds from Eastern Europe east to Central Asia; winters in Africa and South Asia. Inhabits dense reed beds and sedge marshes. Highly secretive; detected by purring call. Migratory.

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