Watercock vs Marquesan Swamphen

Gallicrex cinerea 对比 Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Watercock Marquesan Swamphen
学名 Gallicrex cinerea Porphyrio paepae
Gruiformes Gruiformes
Rallidae Rallidae
保护状况 Least Concern Extinct
体长
翼展 37.2 cm (14.6 in)
体重 426.6666666666667 g (15.05 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 3-6 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Watercock only

Marquesan Swamphen only

保护状况

Least Concern

Watercock

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Watercock

Watercock (Gallicrex cinerea) is a medium 42–43 cm rail of South and South-East Asia. Strongly sexually dimorphic; breeding male dark slaty with distinctive red frontal shield and knob; female brown-streaked. Inhabits rice paddies, freshwater marshes, and flooded grasslands from India east to China and Indonesia. Partly migratory. Polygynous.

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.

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