Tahiti Sandpiper vs Moluccan Woodcock

Prosobonia leucoptera verglichen mit Scolopax rochussenii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Tahiti Sandpiper Moluccan Woodcock
Wissenschaftlicher Name Prosobonia leucoptera Scolopax rochussenii
Ordnung Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Familie Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
Erhaltungsstatus Extinct Vulnerable
Länge
Flügelspannweite 38,2 cm (15.0 in)
Gewicht 308,3 g (10.87 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Tahiti Sandpiper only

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Moluccan Woodcock only

Erhaltungsstatus

Extinct

Tahiti Sandpiper

Vulnerable

Moluccan Woodcock

About These Birds

Tahiti Sandpiper

Tahiti Sandpiper: 18–20 cm, extinct sandpiper once endemic to Tahiti, French Polynesia. Known from a few 18th-century specimens collected during Cook's voyages. Pale with white wing-patches. Extinct by the mid-19th century; likely eliminated by rats and cats introduced with European contact. EX.

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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