Swinhoe's Snipe

Gallinago megala - Bécassine de Swinhoe

Systematics

Order
:
Charadriiformes
Family
:
Scolopacidés
Genus
:
Gallinago
Species
:
megala

Descriptor

Swinhoe, 1861

Biometrics

Size
: 29 cm
Wingspan
: 38 à 44 cm.
Weight
: 82 à 164 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Swinhoe's Snipe (Gallinago megala) is a species of bird in the Scolopacidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Bécassine de Swinhoe,
Agachadiza del Baikal,
narceja-do-baical,
Waldbekassine,
tajgasárszalonka,
Siberische Snip,
Beccaccino di Swinhoe,
tajgabeckasin,
Bajkalbekkasin,
močiarnica bledá,
bekasina lesní,
Tajga-bekkasin,
siperiankurppa,
becadell de Swinhoe,
Holtasnípa,
bekas leśny,
taigas mērkaziņa,
jenisejska kozica,
Лесной дупель,
Berkik rawa,
チュウジシギ,
大沙锥,
นกปากซ่อมสวินโฮ,
中地鷸〔中田鷸，大沙錐〕,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Boreal ; Grassland : Temperate ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Wastewater Treatment Areas, Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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