Giant Snipe vs Grey-tailed Tattler

Gallinago undulata verglichen mit Tringa brevipes

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Merkmal Giant Snipe Grey-tailed Tattler
Wissenschaftlicher Name Gallinago undulata Tringa brevipes
Ordnung Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Familie Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 31,0 cm (12.2 in) 31,6 cm (12.4 in)
Gewicht 327,5 g (11.55 oz) 121,0 g (4.27 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2-4 4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Giant Snipe only

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Grey-tailed Tattler only

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Giant Snipe

Least Concern

Grey-tailed Tattler

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.

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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