Giant Snipe vs Tahiti Sandpiper

Gallinago undulata 比較対象 Prosobonia leucoptera

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Giant Snipe Tahiti Sandpiper
学名 Gallinago undulata Prosobonia leucoptera
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
保全状況 Least Concern Extinct
体長
翼開長 31.0 cm (12.2 in)
体重 327.5 g (11.55 oz)
食性 -- --
一腹卵数 2-4 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Giant Snipe only

Tahiti Sandpiper only

None

保全状況

Least Concern

Giant Snipe

Extinct

Tahiti Sandpiper

About These Birds

Giant Snipe

Giant Snipe: 36–40 cm, the world's largest snipe with an exceptionally long bill, rich brown plumage, and heavily barred underparts. Resident in swampy grassland and marshy terrain of Venezuela, Trinidad, Colombia, Brazil, and adjacent South America. Feeds on invertebrates by deep probing. Secretive and crepuscular. Poorly known.

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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