Madagascar Snipe vs American Woodcock

Gallinago macrodactyla 比較対象 Scolopax minor

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Madagascar Snipe American Woodcock
学名 Gallinago macrodactyla Scolopax minor
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
保全状況 Vulnerable Least Concern
体長
翼開長 26.7 cm (10.5 in) 26.0 cm (10.2 in)
体重 216.0 g (7.62 oz) 192.0 g (6.77 oz)
食性 -- --
一腹卵数 1-2 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Madagascar Snipe only

American Woodcock only

保全状況

Vulnerable

Madagascar Snipe

Least Concern

American Woodcock

About These Birds

Madagascar Snipe

Madagascar Snipe: 27–29 cm, large-footed snipe endemic to Madagascar. Inhabits marshes, rice paddies, and wet grassland mainly in the north and west. NT. Cryptic brown and buff streaking. Probes soft ground for invertebrates. Sedentary endemic. Threatened by wetland drainage and hunting pressure.

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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