African Snipe vs Jack Snipe

Gallinago nigripennis comparé à Lymnocryptes minimus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribut African Snipe Jack Snipe
Nom scientifique Gallinago nigripennis Lymnocryptes minimus
Ordre Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Famille Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
Statut de conservation Least Concern Least Concern
Longueur
Envergure 25,1 cm (9.9 in) 21,1 cm (8.3 in)
Poids 124,25 g (4.38 oz) 57,333333333333336 g (2.02 oz)
Régime alimentaire -- --
Taille de la couvée 2-4 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partagés

African Snipe only

Jack Snipe only

Aucun(e)

Statut de conservation

Least Concern

African Snipe

Least Concern

Jack Snipe

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.

Jack Snipe

Jack Snipe: 17–19 cm, smallest and most secretive snipe with a short bill, divided supercilium, and distinctive bobbing display behaviour—rocks body rhythmically when feeding. Breeds in boreal bogs of Scandinavia and Siberia; winters in marshes from western Europe to South Asia. Insectivorous. Flushes reluctantly. Cryptic plumage.

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