African Crake vs Tahiti Rail

Crex egregia 对比 Hypotaenidia pacifica

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 African Crake Tahiti Rail
学名 Crex egregia Hypotaenidia pacifica
Gruiformes Gruiformes
Rallidae Rallidae
保护状况 Least Concern Extinct
体长
翼展 24.2 cm (9.5 in)
体重 120.66666666666667 g (4.26 oz) 158.5 g (5.59 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 3-9 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

African Crake only

Tahiti Rail only

保护状况

Least Concern

African Crake

Extinct

Tahiti Rail

About These Birds

African Crake

African Crake (Crex egregia), 22 cm. Brown above with buff and black streaking; grey face and breast; barred white flanks; short bill. Found in wet grassland, rank grass and cultivation across sub-Saharan Africa. Omnivore. Least Concern; widespread.

Tahiti Rail

Tahiti Rail (Hypotaenidia pacifica). Extinct. Small rail formerly endemic to Tahiti and Mehetia, Society Islands, French Polynesia. Known from 18th-century descriptions and illustrations by Forster during Cook's voyages. Extinct by c. 1800, likely due to introduced rats and hunting.

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