African Snipe vs Grey-tailed Tattler

Gallinago nigripennis verglichen mit Tringa brevipes

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Merkmal African Snipe Grey-tailed Tattler
Wissenschaftlicher Name Gallinago nigripennis Tringa brevipes
Ordnung Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Familie Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 25,1 cm (9.9 in) 31,6 cm (12.4 in)
Gewicht 124,25 g (4.38 oz) 121,0 g (4.27 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2-4 4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

African Snipe only

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Grey-tailed Tattler only

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

African Snipe

Least Concern

Grey-tailed Tattler

About These Birds

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.

Grey-tailed Tattler

Grey-tailed Tattler: 24–27 cm, plain grey sandpiper with yellow legs and a faint supercilium. Breeds on stony rivers of northeastern Siberia; winters on rocky shores, reef platforms, and mudflats of Southeast Asia, Australia, and Pacific Islands. Bobs body when walking. NT. Feeds on invertebrates. Long-distance migrant.

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