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Common Name

Swinhoe's Snipe

Alternate Names

Forest Snipe, Chinese Snipe

Common Type

Snipe

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae

Genus

Gallinago

Species

megala

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Swinhoes Snipe Taiwan 1,

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Nests in tudra, feeds in wetlands

Distribution and Range

Breeds in Siberia; winters India to SE Asia, Philippines and n Australia

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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