American Woodcock vs Spotted Greenshank

Scolopax minor 对比 Tringa guttifer

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 American Woodcock Spotted Greenshank
学名 Scolopax minor Tringa guttifer
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
保护状况 Least Concern Endangered
体长
翼展 26.0 cm (10.2 in) 34.2 cm (13.5 in)
体重 192.0 g (6.77 oz) 146.0 g (5.15 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 3-4 4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

American Woodcock only

Spotted Greenshank only

保护状况

Least Concern

American Woodcock

Endangered

Spotted Greenshank

About These Birds

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.

Spotted Greenshank

Spotted Greenshank: 29–32 cm, large shank with spotted flanks in breeding plumage, slightly upturned bill, and greenish-yellow legs. Breeds in boreal forest wetlands of Sakhalin and Kamchatka; winters on tropical estuaries and mudflats of Southeast Asia. EN. Extremely rare; total population probably under 1,000 birds. Threatened by habitat loss.

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