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 LC    Solitary Snipe* Id (Atlas):
    Gallinago solitaria

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Solitary Snipe, Tibet Snipe, Hermit Snipe

Family
Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes)

Size
29 - 31 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hodgson, 1831

Range (Guide)
Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Iran [Islamic Republic of], Japan, Kazakhstan (B), Kyrgyzstan (B) (NB), Mongolia (B), Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Russia (European), South Korea, Tajikistan (B), Turkmenistan (B).

Vagrant to Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia.

Population
Estimated population is 11,000 - 110,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

 
Solitary Snipe (Gallinago solitaria) [XC401822]
     by Thijs Fijen from Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan Province, Taiwan (flight call)

 
Solitary Snipe (Gallinago solitaria) [XC717426]
     by Thijs Fijen from Tokyo,Honsyu, Japan (flight call, nocturnal flight call)

Subspecies
Validity of subspecies uncertain.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • solitaria Hodgson, 1831   -  High mountains of central Asia, from south-central Siberia through Altai, Tien Shan and Pamirs to Himalayas and probably southern Tibet. Winters south to eastern Pakistan and northern India, and east to Myanmar.
  • japonica (Bonaparte, 1856)   -  Mountains of Sakhalin and north-eastern China (Heilongjiang), and probably also from Stanovoy Mts through Dzhugdzhur and Kolymskiy Mts to Kamchatka, and south to Sikhote Alin. Winters from Amurland and Sakhalin to Kamchatka, and in Korea, Japan and eastern China.



References
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Files:
JPG files for Solitary Snipe (Gallinago solitaria) - 10 files


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