Hawkins's Rail vs White Swamphen

Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi 对比 Porphyrio albus

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属性 Hawkins's Rail White Swamphen
学名 Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi Porphyrio albus
Gruiformes Gruiformes
Rallidae Rallidae
保护状况 Extinct Extinct
体长
翼展
体重 2000.0 g (70.55 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Hawkins's Rail only

White Swamphen only

保护状况

Extinct

Hawkins's Rail

Extinct

White Swamphen

About These Birds

Hawkins's Rail

Hawkins's Rail (Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi). Extinct. Large flightless rail formerly endemic to Chatham Islands, New Zealand; estimated 50 cm. Known from sub-fossil bones. Driven to extinction by Polynesian settlers and introduced rats before European contact, likely by 1400 CE. Omnivore of forest floor.

White Swamphen

White Swamphen (Porphyrio albus) is an extinct all-white swamphen formerly endemic to Lord Howe Island, Australia. Known from specimens collected around 1790 and early drawings; had reduced wings indicating flightlessness or near-flightlessness. Extirpated by hunting after European discovery. Related to Australasian Swamphen.

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