Common snipe vs Magellanic plover
The common snipe is heavier: 112.9 g against 84.1 g for the magellanic plover, about 34% more.
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What is the difference between a common snipe and a magellanic plover?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The common snipe is heavier: 112.9 g against 84.1 g for the magellanic plover, about 34% more.
- They share the order Charadriiformes but sit in different families: Common snipe in Scolopacidae, Magellanic plover in Pluvianellidae.
- The common snipe is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List; the magellanic plover is Vulnerable.
Side by side
| Common snipe | Magellanic plover | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Gallinago gallinago | Pluvianellus socialis |
| Family | Scolopacidae | Pluvianellidae |
| Order | Charadriiformes | Charadriiformes |
| Weight | 100.5 g – 128 g | 79.5 g – 89.1 g |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 12.3 years | Not recorded |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | wetland | coastal |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Vulnerable |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
Full record: Common snipeFull record: Magellanic ploverCompare other animals