Marquesan Swamphen vs Black-tailed Crake

Porphyrio paepae 对比 Zapornia bicolor

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Marquesan Swamphen Black-tailed Crake
学名 Porphyrio paepae Zapornia bicolor
Gruiformes Gruiformes
Rallidae Rallidae
保护状况 Extinct Least Concern
体长
翼展 22.0 cm (8.7 in)
体重 107.0 g (3.77 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 -- 5-8
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Marquesan Swamphen only

Black-tailed Crake only

保护状况

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

Least Concern

Black-tailed Crake

About These Birds

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.

Black-tailed Crake

Black-tailed Crake (Zapornia bicolor) is a small 19–22 cm crake of the eastern Himalayas and South-East Asia hill forests. Dark olive-brown above; chestnut below; greenish bill; red eye and legs. Inhabits wet hill-forest clearings, rice terraces, and mountain marsh edges from Nepal east to southern China and Indochina.

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