Pin-tailed Snipe vs Moluccan Woodcock

Gallinago stenura verglichen mit Scolopax rochussenii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Pin-tailed Snipe Moluccan Woodcock
Wissenschaftlicher Name Gallinago stenura Scolopax rochussenii
Ordnung Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Familie Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Vulnerable
Länge
Flügelspannweite 25,4 cm (10.0 in) 38,2 cm (15.0 in)
Gewicht 125,33333333333333 g (4.42 oz) 308,3 g (10.87 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 3-4 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Pin-tailed Snipe only

Moluccan Woodcock only

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Pin-tailed Snipe

Vulnerable

Moluccan Woodcock

About These Birds

Pin-tailed Snipe

Pin-tailed Snipe: 25–27 cm, medium snipe with very narrow outer tail feathers (hence 'pin-tailed') and buffy wingbar. Breeds on Siberian wet meadow and boggy tundra; migrates to winter on marshes and rice paddies of South and Southeast Asia. Probes soft mud for invertebrates. Long-distance migrant. Difficult to distinguish from Swinhoe's in field.

Moluccan Woodcock

Moluccan Woodcock: 33–36 cm, large woodcock endemic to Obi and Bacan islands in the North Moluccas, Indonesia. VU. Occupies lowland and montane forest; nocturnal invertebrate feeder. Very poorly known; threatened by extensive deforestation for palm oil and logging. One of the least studied woodcocks. Sedentary.

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