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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ	Spoon-billed Sandpiper	African Snipe
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์	Calidris pygmaea	Gallinago nigripennis
อันดับ	Charadriiformes	Charadriiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล	Scolopacidae	Scolopacidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์	Critically Endangered	Least Concern
ความยาว	—	—
กว้างปีก	19.9 cm (7.8 in)	25.1 cm (9.9 in)
น้ำหนัก	31.75 g (1.12 oz)	124.25 g (4.38 oz)
อาหาร	--	--
จำนวนไข่	3-4	2-4
Population Trend	—	—

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Habitat Comparison

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🌿 Wetland 🏖️ Coastal

Spoon-billed Sandpiper only

ไม่มี

African Snipe only

🌾 Grassland

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Critically Endangered

Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Least Concern

African Snipe

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About These Birds

Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Spoon-billed Sandpiper: 14–16 cm, tiny Arctic sandpiper with a unique spatula-tipped bill used for sweeping invertebrates from soft mud. Critically Endangered; total population under 300 pairs. Breeds on Chukotka, Russia; winters on mudflats of Bangladesh and Myanmar. Threatened by habitat loss and hunting. CR. International conservation priority.

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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