Spoon-billed Sandpiper vs American Woodcock

Calidris pygmaea مقارنةً بـ Scolopax minor

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Spoon-billed Sandpiper American Woodcock
الاسم العلمي Calidris pygmaea Scolopax minor
الرتبة Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
الفصيلة Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
حالة الحفاظ Critically Endangered Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 19,9 cm (7.8 in) 26,0 cm (10.2 in)
الوزن 31,75 g (1.12 oz) 192,0 g (6.77 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 3-4 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Spoon-billed Sandpiper only

American Woodcock only

حالة الحفاظ

Critically Endangered

Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Least Concern

American Woodcock

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.

American Woodcock

American Woodcock: 25–31 cm, rotund crepuscular wader with cryptic dead-leaf plumage, large eyes set high on the head, and an extremely long flexible bill for probing earthworms. Inhabits moist woodland and shrubby margins in eastern North America; winters in southern US. Famous for spiralling courtship 'sky dance.' Migratory.

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