Giant Snipe vs Green Sandpiper

Gallinago undulata comparado com Tringa ochropus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Giant Snipe Green Sandpiper
Nome científico Gallinago undulata Tringa ochropus
Ordem Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Família Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 31,0 cm (12.2 in) 27,6 cm (10.9 in)
Peso 327,5 g (11.55 oz) 85,0 g (3.00 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 2-4 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Giant Snipe only

Nenhum

Green Sandpiper only

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Giant Snipe

Least Concern

Green 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.

Green Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper: 21–24 cm, dark olive-brown sandpiper with brilliant white rump contrasting sharply with dark upper body—distinctive in flight. Breeds in boreal forest bogs of Eurasia, using old tree nests; winters along muddy freshwater margins from Europe south to Africa and South Asia. Feeds on invertebrates. Partial migrant.

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