American Woodcock vs Spotted Greenshank

Scolopax minor مقارنةً بـ Tringa guttifer

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة American Woodcock Spotted Greenshank
الاسم العلمي Scolopax minor Tringa guttifer
الرتبة Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
الفصيلة Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Endangered
الطول
طول الجناح 26,0 cm (10.2 in) 34,2 cm (13.5 in)
الوزن 192,0 g (6.77 oz) 146,0 g (5.15 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 3-4 4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

American Woodcock only

بلا

Spotted Greenshank only

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

American Woodcock

Endangered

Spotted Greenshank

About These Birds

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.

Spotted Greenshank

Spotted Greenshank: 29–32 cm, large shank with spotted flanks in breeding plumage, slightly upturned bill, and greenish-yellow legs. Breeds in boreal forest wetlands of Sakhalin and Kamchatka; winters on tropical estuaries and mudflats of Southeast Asia. EN. Extremely rare; total population probably under 1,000 birds. Threatened by habitat loss.

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