Asian Dowitcher vs American Woodcock

Limnodromus semipalmatus comparado con Scolopax minor

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Asian Dowitcher American Woodcock
Nombre científico Limnodromus semipalmatus Scolopax minor
Orden Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Familia Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
Estado de conservación Near Threatened Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 34,8 cm (13.7 in) 26,0 cm (10.2 in)
Peso 186,0 g (6.56 oz) 192,0 g (6.77 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 2-3 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Asian Dowitcher only

American Woodcock only

Ninguno

Estado de conservación

Near Threatened

Asian Dowitcher

Least Concern

American Woodcock

About These Birds

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.

American Woodcock

American Woodcock: 25–31 cm, rotund crepuscular wader with cryptic dead-leaf plumage, large eyes set high on the head, and an extremely long flexible bill for probing earthworms. Inhabits moist woodland and shrubby margins in eastern North America; winters in southern US. Famous for spiralling courtship 'sky dance.' Migratory.

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