Spoon-billed Sandpiper vs American Woodcock

Calidris pygmaea verglichen mit Scolopax minor

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Merkmal Spoon-billed Sandpiper American Woodcock
Wissenschaftlicher Name Calidris pygmaea Scolopax minor
Ordnung Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Familie Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
Erhaltungsstatus Critically Endangered Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 19,9 cm (7.8 in) 26,0 cm (10.2 in)
Gewicht 31,75 g (1.12 oz) 192,0 g (6.77 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 3-4 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Spoon-billed Sandpiper only

American Woodcock only

Erhaltungsstatus

Critically Endangered

Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Least Concern

American Woodcock

About These Birds

Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Spoon-billed Sandpiper: 14–16 cm, tiny Arctic sandpiper with a unique spatula-tipped bill used for sweeping invertebrates from soft mud. Critically Endangered; total population under 300 pairs. Breeds on Chukotka, Russia; winters on mudflats of Bangladesh and Myanmar. Threatened by habitat loss and hunting. CR. International conservation priority.

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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