Christmas Sandpiper vs American Woodcock

Prosobonia cancellata 对比 Scolopax minor

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Christmas Sandpiper American Woodcock
学名 Prosobonia cancellata Scolopax minor
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
保护状况 Extinct Least Concern
体长
翼展 26.0 cm (10.2 in)
体重 38.0 g (1.34 oz) 192.0 g (6.77 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 -- 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Christmas Sandpiper only

American Woodcock only

保护状况

Extinct

Christmas Sandpiper

Least Concern

American Woodcock

About These Birds

Christmas Sandpiper

Christmas Sandpiper: 18–20 cm, slender sandpiper endemic to Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean with brown-barred upperparts and pale underparts. Inhabits coastal rocky shores and forest interior. NT. Threatened by introduced yellow crazy ants and habitat modification. Sedentary island endemic. Invertebrate feeder.

American Woodcock

American Woodcock: 25–31 cm, rotund crepuscular wader with cryptic dead-leaf plumage, large eyes set high on the head, and an extremely long flexible bill for probing earthworms. Inhabits moist woodland and shrubby margins in eastern North America; winters in southern US. Famous for spiralling courtship 'sky dance.' Migratory.

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