Sandpipers, Snipes

Solitary Snipe

Gallinago solitaria

The Solitary Snipe (Gallinago solitaria) is a 140 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Sandpipers, Snipes

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

140 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

14

Recorded in India, Japan, China, Republic of Korea, Bhutan, Russia, Taiwan, Nepal, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, United States, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.

Where to see it: Душанбе · пули Карамов болои дарёи Варзоб [Dushanbe · Karamov Bridge over Varzob River] (Tajikistan); Pelela (Bhutan); Khovd Bird Ringing Station, Khovd, MN (Mongolia); Chelela (Bhutan); Gun Galuut NR (Mongolia).

Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist