American Woodcock vs Willet

Scolopax minor 对比 Tringa semipalmata

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 American Woodcock Willet
学名 Scolopax minor Tringa semipalmata
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 26.0 cm (10.2 in) 40.7 cm (16.0 in)
体重 192.0 g (6.77 oz) 271.5 g (9.58 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 3-4 4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

American Woodcock only

Willet only

保护状况

Least Concern

American Woodcock

Least Concern

Willet

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.

Willet

Willet: 33–41 cm, large stocky North American shank with bold black-and-white wingbar spectacular in flight, grey-blue legs, and loud 'pill-will-willet' call. Two populations: eastern breeds on Atlantic coast salt-marshes, western on prairie wetlands. Winters on both American coasts south to South America. Feeds on invertebrates.

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