Giant Snipe vs Green Sandpiper

Gallinago undulata 对比 Tringa ochropus

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Giant Snipe Green Sandpiper
学名 Gallinago undulata Tringa ochropus
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 31.0 cm (12.2 in) 27.6 cm (10.9 in)
体重 327.5 g (11.55 oz) 85.0 g (3.00 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 2-4 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Giant Snipe only

Green Sandpiper only

保护状况

Least Concern

Giant Snipe

Least Concern

Green 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.

Green Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper: 21–24 cm, dark olive-brown sandpiper with brilliant white rump contrasting sharply with dark upper body—distinctive in flight. Breeds in boreal forest bogs of Eurasia, using old tree nests; winters along muddy freshwater margins from Europe south to Africa and South Asia. Feeds on invertebrates. Partial migrant.

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