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Solitary Snipe

A species of Typical Snipes and Woodcock-snipes
Scientific name : Gallinago solitaria Genus : Typical Snipes and Woodcock-snipes

Solitary Snipe, A species of Typical Snipes and Woodcock-snipes
Botanical name: Gallinago solitaria
Genus: Typical Snipes and Woodcock-snipes
Solitary Snipe (Gallinago solitaria)

Description

The Gallinago solitaria is a small wader, found in Japan, Korea, and northeast Iran. It is commonly called the solitary Snipe and has a slow, heavy flight. The bird makes a drumming sound when it flies, with its outer tail feathers vibrating. The female is larger than the male.
Size
31 cm
Feeding Habits
Solitary Snipe primarily feeds on small invertebrates including snails, worms, beetles, and insect larvae. It employs a probing method with its long bill to locate food, often foraging solitarily in wetland habitats. Solitary Snipe has a preference for consuming a variety of flies, showcasing a unique dietary adaptation within its habitat.
Habitat
Solitary Snipe typically inhabits high-altitude environments ranging from 1500 to 5000 meters above sea level, favoring areas well beyond the treeline. Their preferred habitats are river valleys, grassy swamps, and mountain bogs, usually near running water. During the breeding season, solitary Snipe can be found in these upland areas, but they descend to lower altitudes in similar habitats during the non-breeding season. These habitats include unfrozen water bodies in foothills, adjoining plains, along mountain streams, in paddy fields, in marshes, and occasionally along coastlines.
Dite type
Insectivorous

General Info

Distribution Area

The solitary snipe breeds discontinuously in the mountains of eastern Asia, in eastern Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. Many birds are sedentary in the high mountains, or just move downhill in hard weather, but others are migratory, wintering in northeast Iran, Pakistan, northern India, Bangladesh, eastern China, Korea, Japan and Sakhalin.
Solitary Snipe (Gallinago solitaria) Solitary Snipe (Gallinago solitaria)
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