Spoon-billed Sandpiper vs African Snipe

Calidris pygmaea comparado com Gallinago nigripennis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Spoon-billed Sandpiper African Snipe
Nome científico Calidris pygmaea Gallinago nigripennis
Ordem Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Família Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
Estado de conservação Critically Endangered Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 19,9 cm (7.8 in) 25,1 cm (9.9 in)
Peso 31,75 g (1.12 oz) 124,25 g (4.38 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 3-4 2-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Spoon-billed Sandpiper only

Nenhum

African Snipe only

Estado de conservação

Critically Endangered

Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Least Concern

African Snipe

About These Birds

Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Maçarico-colher em perigo crítico de 14–16 cm com bico em forma de espátula único entre limícolas, reproduz na Sibéria e migra para o Sudeste Asiático.

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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