BirdUp · Species
Swinhoe's Snipe
Gallinago megalaSwinhoe, 1861
Native
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Genus
- Gallinago
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
Swinhoe's snipe, also known as forest snipe or Chinese snipe, is a medium-sized, long-billed, migratory wader.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Temperate woodland-edge wetlands of central and east Palearctic: north-east Kazakhstan, south-central Siberia, north-central Mongolia and Amurland (south-east Russia)
- Non-breeding range
- OR, AU : wetland edge of subtropical to tropical east Oriental region: south Korean Pen., east-central China, Taiwan, Philippines, Malay Pen., Indonesian Arch., New Guinea, far north Australia, Bismarck Arch. (including Admiralty Is.), Solomon Is., Mariana Is. (north Micronesia) and Palau to Chuuk (=Truk; south-west and south-central Caroline Is., Micronesia)
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
3 photos
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