African Snipe vs Asian Dowitcher

Gallinago nigripennis comparado con Limnodromus semipalmatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo African Snipe Asian Dowitcher
Nombre científico Gallinago nigripennis Limnodromus semipalmatus
Orden Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Familia Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Near Threatened
Longitud
Envergadura 25,1 cm (9.9 in) 34,8 cm (13.7 in)
Peso 124,25 g (4.38 oz) 186,0 g (6.56 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 2-4 2-3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

African Snipe only

Ninguno

Asian Dowitcher only

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

African Snipe

Near Threatened

Asian Dowitcher

About These Birds

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.

Asian Dowitcher

Asian Dowitcher: 33–36 cm, large all-dark dowitcher with a straight blunt-tipped bill and black breeding plumage. Breeds in scattered colonies on Mongolian steppe lakes and Siberian rivers; winters on muddy estuaries and mangrove coasts of South and Southeast Asia. NT. Feeds by deep sewing-machine probing in soft mud. Limited breeding range.

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