Tahiti Sandpiper vs Amami Woodcock

Prosobonia leucoptera comparado com Scolopax mira

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Tahiti Sandpiper Amami Woodcock
Nome científico Prosobonia leucoptera Scolopax mira
Ordem Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Família Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
Estado de conservação Extinct Vulnerable
Comprimento
Envergadura 37,9 cm (14.9 in)
Peso 473,0 g (16.68 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura -- 2-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Nenhum

Tahiti Sandpiper only

Nenhum

Amami Woodcock only

Estado de conservação

Extinct

Tahiti Sandpiper

Vulnerable

Amami Woodcock

About These Birds

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.

Amami Woodcock

Amami Woodcock: 34–36 cm, large rufous woodcock endemic to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan (Amami-Oshima, Tokunoshima). Inhabits dense subtropical forest. Nocturnal; probes soil for earthworms. NT. Threatened by feral mongooses introduced for snake control and habitat loss. Sedentary island endemic. Similar to Eurasian Woodcock.

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