Spoon-billed Sandpiper vs Giant Snipe

Calidris pygmaea مقارنةً بـ Gallinago undulata

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Spoon-billed Sandpiper Giant Snipe
الاسم العلمي Calidris pygmaea Gallinago undulata
الرتبة Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
الفصيلة Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
حالة الحفاظ Critically Endangered Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 19,9 cm (7.8 in) 31,0 cm (12.2 in)
الوزن 31,75 g (1.12 oz) 327,5 g (11.55 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 3-4 2-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Spoon-billed Sandpiper only

Giant Snipe only

حالة الحفاظ

Critically Endangered

Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Least Concern

Giant Snipe

About These Birds

Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Spoon-billed Sandpiper: 14–16 cm, tiny Arctic sandpiper with a unique spatula-tipped bill used for sweeping invertebrates from soft mud. Critically Endangered; total population under 300 pairs. Breeds on Chukotka, Russia; winters on mudflats of Bangladesh and Myanmar. Threatened by habitat loss and hunting. CR. International conservation priority.

Giant Snipe

Giant Snipe: 36–40 cm, the world's largest snipe with an exceptionally long bill, rich brown plumage, and heavily barred underparts. Resident in swampy grassland and marshy terrain of Venezuela, Trinidad, Colombia, Brazil, and adjacent South America. Feeds on invertebrates by deep probing. Secretive and crepuscular. Poorly known.

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