Species profile
Solitary Snipe
Gallinago solitaria
Quick answer
Breeding regions are PAL. Breeding subregions are montane wetlands of c, e Palearctic: Altai and Tien Shan mts. from sc Russia, ne Kazakhstan, nw Xinjiang and n Mongolia e to Kamchatka and ne China. Non breeding regions are n OR : montane e Kazakhstan to e Afghanistan, Himalayas, n se Asia, wc, se China, Korean Pen., n, c Japan and Sakhalin and Amurland (se Russia).
- Scientific name
- Gallinago solitaria
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Gallinago
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Solitary Snipe in your journal
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