Species profile
Wood Snipe
Gallinago nemoricola
Quick answer
Breeds Himalayas and Tibet; winters in India and SE Asia
- Scientific name
- Gallinago nemoricola
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Gallinago
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
Recording Wood Snipe in your journal
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