Giant Snipe vs Slender-billed Curlew

Gallinago undulata comparado con Numenius tenuirostris

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Giant Snipe Slender-billed Curlew
Nombre científico Gallinago undulata Numenius tenuirostris
Orden Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Familia Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Critically Endangered
Longitud — —
Envergadura 31,0 cm (12.2 in) 50,6 cm (19.9 in)
Peso 327,5 g (11.55 oz) 307,5 g (10.85 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 2-4 4
Population Trend — —

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Giant Snipe only

Slender-billed Curlew only

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Giant Snipe

Critically Endangered

Slender-billed Curlew

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.

Slender-billed Curlew

Slender-billed Curlew: 36–41 cm, critically endangered or possibly extinct curlew with fine bill, whitish rump, and dark heart-shaped flank-spots. Bred in Siberian bog forest; wintered around Mediterranean and Gulf. Last confirmed record 1994–95 Morocco. Population collapse due to hunting and wetland loss. CR (possibly EX).

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