Tahiti Sandpiper vs American Woodcock

Prosobonia leucoptera в сравнении с Scolopax minor

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Tahiti Sandpiper American Woodcock
Научное название Prosobonia leucoptera Scolopax minor
Отряд Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Семейство Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
Охранный статус Extinct Least Concern
Длина
Размах крыльев 26,0 cm (10.2 in)
Масса 192,0 g (6.77 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки -- 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Нет

Tahiti Sandpiper only

Нет

American Woodcock only

Охранный статус

Extinct

Tahiti Sandpiper

Least Concern

American 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.

American Woodcock

American Woodcock: 25–31 cm, rotund crepuscular wader with cryptic dead-leaf plumage, large eyes set high on the head, and an extremely long flexible bill for probing earthworms. Inhabits moist woodland and shrubby margins in eastern North America; winters in southern US. Famous for spiralling courtship 'sky dance.' Migratory.

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