African Snipe vs Tahiti Sandpiper

Gallinago nigripennis 比較対象 Prosobonia leucoptera

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属性 African Snipe Tahiti Sandpiper
学名 Gallinago nigripennis Prosobonia leucoptera
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
保全状況 Least Concern Extinct
体長
翼開長 25.1 cm (9.9 in)
体重 124.25 g (4.38 oz)
食性 -- --
一腹卵数 2-4 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

African Snipe only

Tahiti Sandpiper only

None

保全状況

Least Concern

African Snipe

Extinct

Tahiti Sandpiper

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.

Tahiti Sandpiper

Tahiti Sandpiper: 18–20 cm, extinct sandpiper once endemic to Tahiti, French Polynesia. Known from a few 18th-century specimens collected during Cook's voyages. Pale with white wing-patches. Extinct by the mid-19th century; likely eliminated by rats and cats introduced with European contact. EX.

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