Bar-tailed Godwit vs American Woodcock

Limosa lapponica مقارنةً بـ Scolopax minor

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Bar-tailed Godwit American Woodcock
الاسم العلمي Limosa lapponica Scolopax minor
الرتبة Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
الفصيلة Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
حالة الحفاظ Near Threatened Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 42,0 cm (16.5 in) 26,0 cm (10.2 in)
الوزن 441,3333333333333 g (15.57 oz) 192,0 g (6.77 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-5 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Bar-tailed Godwit only

American Woodcock only

حالة الحفاظ

Near Threatened

Bar-tailed Godwit

Least Concern

American Woodcock

About These Birds

Bar-tailed Godwit

Bar-tailed Godwit: 37–41 cm, stocky godwit with a slightly upturned bill and barred tail. Champion long-distance migrant; Alaskan population (baueri) flies non-stop ~11,000 km to New Zealand—the longest non-stop migration of any bird. Breeds on Arctic tundra; winters on intertidal flats. Feeds on worms and bivalves. NT.

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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