Giant Snipe vs Jack Snipe

Gallinago undulata مقارنةً بـ Lymnocryptes minimus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Giant Snipe Jack Snipe
الاسم العلمي Gallinago undulata Lymnocryptes minimus
الرتبة Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
الفصيلة Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 31,0 cm (12.2 in) 21,1 cm (8.3 in)
الوزن 327,5 g (11.55 oz) 57,333333333333336 g (2.02 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-4 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Giant Snipe only

Jack Snipe only

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Giant Snipe

Least Concern

Jack Snipe

About These Birds

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.

Jack Snipe

Jack Snipe: 17–19 cm, smallest and most secretive snipe with a short bill, divided supercilium, and distinctive bobbing display behaviour—rocks body rhythmically when feeding. Breeds in boreal bogs of Scandinavia and Siberia; winters in marshes from western Europe to South Asia. Insectivorous. Flushes reluctantly. Cryptic plumage.

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