Andean Snipe vs American Woodcock

Gallinago jamesoni 比較対象 Scolopax minor

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Andean Snipe American Woodcock
学名 Gallinago jamesoni Scolopax minor
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 29.6 cm (11.7 in) 26.0 cm (10.2 in)
体重 196.0 g (6.91 oz) 192.0 g (6.77 oz)
食性 -- --
一腹卵数 2 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Andean Snipe only

American Woodcock only

None

保全状況

Least Concern

Andean Snipe

Least Concern

American Woodcock

About These Birds

Andean Snipe

Andean Snipe: 28–32 cm, large dark snipe of high Andean bogs and wet grassland from Venezuela south to Bolivia and northwestern Argentina at 2,500–5,000 m. Rich brown with buffy streaking. Probes wet soil for invertebrates. Sedentary high-altitude specialist. Crepuscular display flight. Largely sedentary.

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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