Sharp-tailed Sandpiper vs African Snipe

Calidris acuminata comparado con Gallinago nigripennis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Sharp-tailed Sandpiper African Snipe
Nombre científico Calidris acuminata Gallinago nigripennis
Orden Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Familia Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
Estado de conservación Vulnerable Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 25,8 cm (10.2 in) 25,1 cm (9.9 in)
Peso 77,75 g (2.74 oz) 124,25 g (4.38 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 3-4 2-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper only

Ninguno

African Snipe only

Ninguno

Estado de conservación

Vulnerable

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Least Concern

African Snipe

About These Birds

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Correlimos de espalda aguda de 17–21 cm, cría en Siberia nororiental y realiza largas migraciones transecuatoriales hacia Australia.

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.

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