African Crake vs Wake Island Rail

Crex egregia 对比 Hypotaenidia wakensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 African Crake Wake Island Rail
学名 Crex egregia Hypotaenidia wakensis
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) 106.1 g (3.74 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 3-9 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

African Crake only

Wake Island Rail only

保护状况

Least Concern

African Crake

Extinct

Wake Island 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.

Wake Island Rail

Wake Island Rail (Hypotaenidia wakensis). Extinct. Flightless; brown with barred underparts; endemic to Wake Island (US territory), central Pacific. Last individuals eaten by stranded Japanese soldiers in 1945 during World War II. Omnivore. Extinction documented by soldiers' own accounts.

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