Guadalcanal Rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Hypotaenidia woodfordi 对比 Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Guadalcanal Rail Marquesan Swamphen
学名 Hypotaenidia woodfordi Porphyrio paepae
Gruiformes Gruiformes
Rallidae Rallidae
保护状况 Least Concern Extinct
体长
翼展 33.5 cm (13.2 in)
体重 531.3333333333334 g (18.74 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 2-6 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Guadalcanal Rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

保护状况

Least Concern

Guadalcanal Rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Guadalcanal Rail

Guadalcanal Rail (Hypotaenidia woodfordi), 28 cm. Brown with barred underparts; red eye and bill. Endemic to Guadalcanal and Malaita, Solomon Islands. Inhabits grassland, marsh edges and agricultural land. Omnivore. Least Concern; common within its Solomon Islands range.

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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