Tahiti Sandpiper vs American Woodcock

Prosobonia leucoptera 对比 Scolopax minor

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Tahiti Sandpiper American Woodcock
学名 Prosobonia leucoptera 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 192.0 g (6.77 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 -- 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Tahiti Sandpiper only

American Woodcock only

保护状况

Extinct

Tahiti Sandpiper

Least Concern

American Woodcock

About These Birds

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.

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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