Giant Snipe vs Willet

Gallinago undulata مقارنةً بـ Tringa semipalmata

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Giant Snipe Willet
الاسم العلمي Gallinago undulata Tringa semipalmata
الرتبة Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
الفصيلة Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 31,0 cm (12.2 in) 40,7 cm (16.0 in)
الوزن 327,5 g (11.55 oz) 271,5 g (9.58 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-4 4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Giant Snipe only

Willet only

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Giant Snipe

Least Concern

Willet

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.

Willet

Willet: 33–41 cm, large stocky North American shank with bold black-and-white wingbar spectacular in flight, grey-blue legs, and loud 'pill-will-willet' call. Two populations: eastern breeds on Atlantic coast salt-marshes, western on prairie wetlands. Winters on both American coasts south to South America. Feeds on invertebrates.

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