Semipalmated Sandpiper vs African Snipe

Calidris pusilla verglichen mit Gallinago nigripennis

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Merkmal Semipalmated Sandpiper African Snipe
Wissenschaftlicher Name Calidris pusilla Gallinago nigripennis
Ordnung Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Familie Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
Erhaltungsstatus Near Threatened Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 18,5 cm (7.3 in) 25,1 cm (9.9 in)
Gewicht 32,22 g (1.14 oz) 124,25 g (4.38 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 3-4 2-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Semipalmated Sandpiper only

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African Snipe only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Near Threatened

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Least Concern

African Snipe

About These Birds

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Semipalmated Sandpiper: 13–15 cm, abundant small North American sandpiper with partial toe webbing, blunt black bill, and greyish-brown breeding plumage. Breeds on Arctic tundra of Canada and Alaska; migrates via Atlantic coast to winter in South America. Millions stage in Bay of Fundy. NT. Long-distance migrant. Invertebrate feeder.

African Snipe

African Snipe: 25–28 cm, medium-large snipe resident in high-altitude wetlands, bogs, and marshy grassland of eastern and southern Africa from Ethiopia and Sudan to the Cape. Cryptic brown-and-buff streaking. Probes soft mud for invertebrates. Sedentary. Performs display 'drumming' flights with spread tail in breeding season.

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