Giant Snipe vs Tahiti Sandpiper

Gallinago undulata 对比 Prosobonia leucoptera

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Giant Snipe Tahiti Sandpiper
学名 Gallinago undulata Prosobonia leucoptera
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
保护状况 Least Concern Extinct
体长
翼展 31.0 cm (12.2 in)
体重 327.5 g (11.55 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 2-4 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Giant Snipe only

Tahiti Sandpiper only

保护状况

Least Concern

Giant Snipe

Extinct

Tahiti Sandpiper

About These Birds

Giant Snipe

Giant Snipe: 36–40 cm, the world's largest snipe with an exceptionally long bill, rich brown plumage, and heavily barred underparts. Resident in swampy grassland and marshy terrain of Venezuela, Trinidad, Colombia, Brazil, and adjacent South America. Feeds on invertebrates by deep probing. Secretive and crepuscular. Poorly known.

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.

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