Great Snipe vs American Woodcock

Gallinago media 比較対象 Scolopax minor

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Great Snipe American Woodcock
学名 Gallinago media Scolopax minor
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
保全状況 Near Threatened Least Concern
体長
翼開長 28.2 cm (11.1 in) 26.0 cm (10.2 in)
体重 185.25 g (6.53 oz) 192.0 g (6.77 oz)
食性 -- --
一腹卵数 3-5 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Great Snipe only

American Woodcock only

保全状況

Near Threatened

Great Snipe

Least Concern

American Woodcock

About These Birds

Great Snipe

Great Snipe: 27–29 cm, large compact snipe with heavy barring, white-edged tail feathers, and bold white wingbar in flight. Breeds on Scandinavian and Russian boreal bog; winters in sub-Saharan Africa. Performs extraordinary long-distance non-stop flights of up to 6,800 km. NT. Lek-breeding. Invertebrate feeder.

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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