Species profile
Pin-tailed Snipe
Gallinago stenura
Quick answer
Siberia; winters India to SE Asia, Indonesia and Philippines
- Scientific name
- Gallinago stenura
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Gallinago
- Conservation status
- Not Applicable
Recording Pin-tailed Snipe in your journal
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