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Latham's Snipe
Gallinago hardwickii(Gray, JE, 1831)
Least ConcernNative
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Genus
- Gallinago
- Conservation
- Least Concern
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
Latham's snipe, also Japanese snipe is a medium-sized, long-billed, migratory snipe of the East Asian–Australasian Flyway. The origin of the bird's common name is not clear. John Latham was a well-known English physician and ornithologist in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and had a great interest in Australasian birds. However, he had no apparent connection with the snipe named after him.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Meadows and fields of temperate north-east Palearctic: east Amurland and south Sakhalin (south-east Russia) and south Kuril Is. south through Honshu and ?Kyushu (north to south Japan)
- Non-breeding range
- Tropical to temperate freshwater wetlands: east Australia including Tasmania
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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