Giant Snipe vs Moorea Sandpiper

Gallinago undulata 对比 Prosobonia ellisi

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Giant Snipe Moorea Sandpiper
学名 Gallinago undulata Prosobonia ellisi
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

Moorea Sandpiper only

保护状况

Least Concern

Giant Snipe

Extinct

Moorea 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.

Moorea Sandpiper

Moorea Sandpiper: 18–20 cm, extinct sandpiper that inhabited Moorea, French Polynesia, closely related to Tahiti Sandpiper. Known from a single 18th-century specimen. Eliminated by introduced mammalian predators and habitat destruction shortly after European contact. EX. Part of a broader Pacific island shorebird extinction wave.

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