Giant Snipe vs Green Sandpiper

Gallinago undulata verglichen mit Tringa ochropus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Giant Snipe Green Sandpiper
Wissenschaftlicher Name Gallinago undulata Tringa ochropus
Ordnung Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Familie Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 31,0 cm (12.2 in) 27,6 cm (10.9 in)
Gewicht 327,5 g (11.55 oz) 85,0 g (3.00 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2-4 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Giant Snipe only

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Green Sandpiper only

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Giant Snipe

Least Concern

Green Sandpiper

About These Birds

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.

Green Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper: 21–24 cm, dark olive-brown sandpiper with brilliant white rump contrasting sharply with dark upper body—distinctive in flight. Breeds in boreal forest bogs of Eurasia, using old tree nests; winters along muddy freshwater margins from Europe south to Africa and South Asia. Feeds on invertebrates. Partial migrant.

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