Species profile
Latham's Snipe
Gallinago hardwickii
Quick answer
Sakhalin and Japan; winters e Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea
- Scientific name
- Gallinago hardwickii
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Gallinago
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened
Recording Latham's Snipe in your journal
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