American Woodcock vs Green Sandpiper

Scolopax minor 对比 Tringa ochropus

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 American Woodcock Green Sandpiper
学名 Scolopax minor Tringa ochropus
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 26.0 cm (10.2 in) 27.6 cm (10.9 in)
体重 192.0 g (6.77 oz) 85.0 g (3.00 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 3-4 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

American Woodcock only

Green Sandpiper only

保护状况

Least Concern

American Woodcock

Least Concern

Green Sandpiper

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.

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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