Giant Snipe vs Jack Snipe

Gallinago undulata comparado com Lymnocryptes minimus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Giant Snipe Jack Snipe
Nome científico Gallinago undulata Lymnocryptes minimus
Ordem Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Família Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 31,0 cm (12.2 in) 21,1 cm (8.3 in)
Peso 327,5 g (11.55 oz) 57,333333333333336 g (2.02 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 2-4 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Giant Snipe only

Jack Snipe only

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Giant Snipe

Least Concern

Jack Snipe

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.

Jack Snipe

Jack Snipe: 17–19 cm, smallest and most secretive snipe with a short bill, divided supercilium, and distinctive bobbing display behaviour—rocks body rhythmically when feeding. Breeds in boreal bogs of Scandinavia and Siberia; winters in marshes from western Europe to South Asia. Insectivorous. Flushes reluctantly. Cryptic plumage.

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