Colours

Distinguishing features

It is identifiable as a Gallinagosnipe by its cryptically-patterned black, brown, buff and white plumage, but is not easily distinguished from Swinhoe's Snipe and Pin-tailed Snipe in the field, though it is slightly larger. (Wikipedia)

Size

Weight

Wingspan

Synonyms

Distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

The snipe breeds mainly in Hokkaidō in northern Japan, with smaller numbers on Honshū, the eastern Russian mainland and, historically, Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands. The entire population migrates and spends the non-breeding season principally in eastern Australia. It has been recorded on migration in Taiwan, the Philippines and New Guinea, and is a rare straggler to New Zealand.

Its breeding habitat in Asia includes alpine moorland, grasslands, rough pasture, young tree plantations and cultivated areas. Non-breeding habitat in Australia is shallow freshwater wetlands of various kinds, with bare mud or shallow water for feeding and nearby vegetation cover for shelter. (Wikipedia)

Diet

is an omnivorous species that feeds on seeds and other plant material and on invertebrates including insects (mainly flies and beetles), earthworms, spiders and occasionally molluscs, isopods and centipedes. (Wikipedia)

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