Common snipe vs Noble snipe
The noble snipe is heavier: 192.4 g against 112.9 g for the common snipe, about 70% more.
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What is the difference between a common snipe and a noble snipe?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The noble snipe is heavier: 192.4 g against 112.9 g for the common snipe, about 70% more.
- Both belong to the genus Gallinago, so they are close relatives.
- The common snipe is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List; the noble snipe is Near Threatened.
Side by side
| Common snipe | Noble snipe | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Gallinago gallinago | Gallinago nobilis |
| Family | Scolopacidae | Scolopacidae |
| Order | Charadriiformes | Charadriiformes |
| Weight | 100.5 g – 128 g | 188 g – 197 g |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 12.3 years | Not recorded |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | wetland | wetland |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Near Threatened |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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