Broad-billed Sandpiper vs African Snipe

Calidris falcinellus comparado com Gallinago nigripennis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Broad-billed Sandpiper African Snipe
Nome científico Calidris falcinellus Gallinago nigripennis
Ordem Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Família Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
Estado de conservação Vulnerable Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 19,8 cm (7.8 in) 25,1 cm (9.9 in)
Peso 48,0 g (1.69 oz) 124,25 g (4.38 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 3-4 2-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Broad-billed Sandpiper only

Nenhum

African Snipe only

Estado de conservação

Vulnerable

Broad-billed Sandpiper

Least Concern

African Snipe

About These Birds

Broad-billed Sandpiper

Pequena maçarico de 16–18 cm com bico ligeiramente curvado para baixo, reproduz no norte da Europa e Ásia, migra para a África e sul da Ásia.

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.

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