Grey-breasted Seedsnipe vs Least Seedsnipe

Thinocorus orbignyianus 对比 Thinocorus rumicivorus

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属性 Grey-breasted Seedsnipe Least Seedsnipe
学名 Thinocorus orbignyianus Thinocorus rumicivorus
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Thinocoridae Thinocoridae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 27.8 cm (10.9 in) 22.1 cm (8.7 in)
体重 115.25 g (4.07 oz) 54.75 g (1.93 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 4 4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Grey-breasted Seedsnipe only

Least Seedsnipe only

保护状况

Least Concern

Grey-breasted Seedsnipe

Least Concern

Least Seedsnipe

About These Birds

Grey-breasted Seedsnipe

Grey-breasted Seedsnipe: 22–25 cm, medium seedsnipe with grey breast, white belly, and cryptically patterned brown upperparts. Resident on high Andean puna and grassland from Peru and Bolivia to southern Chile and Argentina at 3,000–4,800 m. Seed and plant feeder. Sedentary. Males have a distinctive song flight displaying white tail feathers.

Least Seedsnipe

Least Seedsnipe: 16–18 cm, smallest seedsnipe resembling a miniature quail. Males have a grey head with black gorget; females cryptically streaked. Inhabits arid coastal and Andean steppe from Ecuador south to Tierra del Fuego. Feeds on seeds and plant material. Locally nomadic. Cryptic plumage aids camouflage on stony ground.

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