Species profile
Swinhoe's Snipe
Gallinago megala
Quick answer
Siberia; winters India to SE Asia, Philippines and n Australia
- Scientific name
- Gallinago megala
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Gallinago
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Swinhoe's Snipe in your journal
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