African Snipe vs Jack Snipe

Gallinago nigripennis 对比 Lymnocryptes minimus

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 African Snipe Jack Snipe
学名 Gallinago nigripennis Lymnocryptes minimus
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 25.1 cm (9.9 in) 21.1 cm (8.3 in)
体重 124.25 g (4.38 oz) 57.333333333333336 g (2.02 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 2-4 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

African Snipe only

Jack Snipe only

保护状况

Least Concern

African Snipe

Least Concern

Jack Snipe

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.

Jack Snipe

Jack Snipe: 17–19 cm, smallest and most secretive snipe with a short bill, divided supercilium, and distinctive bobbing display behaviour—rocks body rhythmically when feeding. Breeds in boreal bogs of Scandinavia and Siberia; winters in marshes from western Europe to South Asia. Insectivorous. Flushes reluctantly. Cryptic plumage.

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