Giant Snipe vs Green Sandpiper

Gallinago undulata مقارنةً بـ Tringa ochropus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Giant Snipe Green Sandpiper
الاسم العلمي Gallinago undulata Tringa ochropus
الرتبة Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
الفصيلة Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 31,0 cm (12.2 in) 27,6 cm (10.9 in)
الوزن 327,5 g (11.55 oz) 85,0 g (3.00 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-4 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Giant Snipe only

بلا

Green Sandpiper only

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Giant Snipe

Least Concern

Green Sandpiper

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.

Green Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper: 21–24 cm, dark olive-brown sandpiper with brilliant white rump contrasting sharply with dark upper body—distinctive in flight. Breeds in boreal forest bogs of Eurasia, using old tree nests; winters along muddy freshwater margins from Europe south to Africa and South Asia. Feeds on invertebrates. Partial migrant.

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