African Snipe vs Asian Dowitcher

Gallinago nigripennis 对比 Limnodromus semipalmatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 African Snipe Asian Dowitcher
学名 Gallinago nigripennis Limnodromus semipalmatus
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
保护状况 Least Concern Near Threatened
体长
翼展 25.1 cm (9.9 in) 34.8 cm (13.7 in)
体重 124.25 g (4.38 oz) 186.0 g (6.56 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 2-4 2-3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

African Snipe only

Asian Dowitcher only

保护状况

Least Concern

African Snipe

Near Threatened

Asian Dowitcher

About These Birds

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.

Asian Dowitcher

Asian Dowitcher: 33–36 cm, large all-dark dowitcher with a straight blunt-tipped bill and black breeding plumage. Breeds in scattered colonies on Mongolian steppe lakes and Siberian rivers; winters on muddy estuaries and mangrove coasts of South and Southeast Asia. NT. Feeds by deep sewing-machine probing in soft mud. Limited breeding range.

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