Sandpipers, Snipes

Swinhoe's Snipe

Gallinago megala

The Swinhoe's Snipe (Gallinago megala) is a 121 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Sandpipers, Snipes

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

121 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

20

Recorded in Taiwan, Australia, Philippines, Russia, China, Mongolia, Japan, Palau, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Finland, Singapore, ZZ, Guam, MP, Thailand.

Where to see it: Layon Landfill (Guam); Malakal Sewage Treatment Ponds (Palau); Khurkh Bird Ringing Station, Khentii, MN (Mongolia); Boon Tsagan Nuur (Mongolia); 어청도(Eocheong-do (island)) (Republic of Korea).

Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist