Little Stint vs Giant Snipe

Calidris minuta verglichen mit Gallinago undulata

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Little Stint Giant Snipe
Wissenschaftlicher Name Calidris minuta Gallinago undulata
Ordnung Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Familie Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 18,6 cm (7.3 in) 31,0 cm (12.2 in)
Gewicht 27,075 g (0.96 oz) 327,5 g (11.55 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 3-4 2-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Little Stint only

Giant Snipe only

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Little Stint

Least Concern

Giant Snipe

About These Birds

Little Stint

Little Stint: 12–14 cm, one of Europe's smallest shorebirds with rufous and buffy breeding plumage and a distinctive split supercilium. Breeds on High Arctic tundra of Eurasia; winters on mudflats and shallow wetlands of Africa and South Asia. Common migrant on European coasts. Feeds on invertebrates. Long-distance migrant.

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.

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