Wood Snipe
Gallinago nemoricola
A rare and infrequently-seen snipe. Like others of its family, it is cryptically colored and intricately patterned with black, brown, and white. Strong, creamy-white markings on its back are especially striking, both when in flight and at rest. Breeds in wet alpine meadows and bogs and winters in forest pools and marshes. Its high-altitude range distinguishes it from most other snipes except Solitary Snipe, which is much grayer and ‘frostier’ in coloration, especially on the face and back.
分类信息
It was first described in 1836 by Brian Houghton Hodgson.
- 学名
- Gallinago nemoricola
- 命名信息
- Hodgson, 1836
- 目
- Charadriiformes
- 科
- Scolopacidae
- 属
- Gallinago
分布与栖息地
- 繁殖区
- OR : alpine meadows and scrub of subtropical Asian mts.: w Himalayas from Himachal Pradesh to e India and sc China
- 非繁殖区
- OR : to lower-elevation wetlands and woodlands; rare to Indian Pen. and n se Asia
- 迁徙
- Complete migrants
保护状况
- 种群趋势
- declining
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