Dot-winged Crake vs Marquesan Swamphen

Laterallus spilopterus 对比 Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Dot-winged Crake Marquesan Swamphen
学名 Laterallus spilopterus Porphyrio paepae
Gruiformes Gruiformes
Rallidae Rallidae
保护状况 Vulnerable Extinct
体长
翼展 15.2 cm (6.0 in)
体重 56.5 g (1.99 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Dot-winged Crake only

Marquesan Swamphen only

保护状况

Vulnerable

Dot-winged Crake

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Dot-winged Crake

Dot-winged Crake (Laterallus spilopterus) is a small 14–16 cm crake of the Galápagos Islands. Brown above with white spots on wing coverts; grey below with barred flanks. Endemic to Santa Cruz and several other Galápagos islands. Inhabits highland wet zones with dense vegetation and marsh edges. Secretive but locally common.

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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