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Common Name

Jack Snipe

Alternate Names

Common Type

Snipe

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae

Genus

Lymnocryptes

Species

minimus

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Britain,

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows.

Distribution and Range

Breeds from Scandinavia to Siberia; winters in tropical Africa and SE Asia

Food

Forage on wet meadows or mud flats by sight and by jabbing for aquatic insects, small crustaceans and some plant life.

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