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Latham's Snipe

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Gallinago
Species: G. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Least Concern ( LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large Birds It includes about 350 Species and has members in all parts of the world "Sandpiper" redirects here For the 1965 film see The Sandpiper. Gallinago is a genus of Birds in the Wader family Scolopacidae. hardwickii
Binomial name
Gallinago hardwickii
(Gray, 1831)

Latham's Snipe, Gallinago hardwickii, also known as Japanese Snipe, is a medium-sized (length 29-33 cm, wingspan 50-54 cm, weight 150-230 g), long-billed, migratory wader. John Edward Gray ( 12 February 1800 &ndash 7 March 1875) was a British zoologist. Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Bird migration refers to the regular seasonal journeys undertaken by many species of Birds Bird movements include those made in response to changes in food availability Waders, called shorebirds in North America (where "wader" is used to refer to long-legged wading Birds such as Storks and

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Identification

Identifiable as a Gallinago snipe by its cryptically-patterned black, brown, buff and white plumage, but is not easily distinguished from Swinhoe's and Pin-tailed Snipe in the field, though it is slightly larger. Swinhoe's Snipe, Gallinago megala, also known as Forest Snipe or Chinese Snipe, is a medium-sized (length 27-29 cm wingspan 38-44 cm weight 120 gm The Pintail Snipe, Gallinago stenura, also known as the Pin-tailed Snipe, is a small stocky Wader.

Distribution

Breeds mainly in Hokkaidō in northern Japan, with smaller numbers on Honshū, the eastern Russian mainland and, historically, Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan 's For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. or Honshu is the largest Island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Sakhalin (Сахали́н səxʌˈlʲin Japanese:nihongo|樺太|karafuto or; Chinese: 庫頁 Kùyè also Saghalien, is a large elongated The Kuril Islands (ˈkʊrɪl or /ˈkjuˈriˈl/ Кури́льские острова́ əstrʌˈva ru-Latn ''Kuril'skie ostrova'' or Kurile Islands in Russia The entire population migrates and spends the non-breeding season principally in eastern Australia, where it is the commonest Gallinago snipe. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Recorded on migration in Taiwan, the Philippines and New Guinea, and is a rare straggler to New Zealand. Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP New Guinea, located just north of Australia, is the world's second largest island, having become separated from the Australian mainland when the area now known New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island

Habitat

Breeding habitat in Asia: alpine moorland, grasslands, rough pasture, young tree plantations and cultivated areas. Moorland or moor is a type of habitat found in upland areas characterised by low growing vegetation on Acidic soils Grasslands (also called greenswards) are areas where the Vegetation is dominated by Grasses ( Poaceae) and other Herbaceous (non-woody Non-breeding habitat in Australia: shallow freshwater wetlands of various kinds with bare mud or shallow water for feeding, with good nearby vegetation cover for shelter.

Food

Latham's Snipe is an omnivorous species that feeds on seeds and other plant material (mainly from species in families such as Cyperaceae, Poaceae, Juncaceae, Polygonaceae, Ranunculaceae and Fabaceae), and on invertebrates including insects (mainly flies and beetles), earthworms, spiders and occasionally molluscs, isopods and centipedes. Omnivores (from Latin omne all everything vorare to devour are species that eat both Plants and Animals as their primary The family Cyperaceae, or the sedges, is a taxon of monocot Flowering plants that superficially resemble grasses or rushes Poaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida of the flowering plants. The Juncaceae, or the Rush Family, is a rather small monocot Flowering plant family Polygonaceae is a family of flowering plants also known as the "knotweed family" or "smartweed family" Ranunculaceae is a family of Flowering plants also known as the "buttercup family" or "crowfoot family" Fabaceae or Leguminosae is a large and economically important family of Flowering plants which is commonly known as the legume family, pea True flies are Insects of the Order Diptera ( Greek: di = two and pteron = wing possessing a single pair of Beetles are the group of Insects with the largest number of known Species. Earthworm is the usual name for the largest members of Oligochaeta (which is either a class or subclass depending on the author in the phylum Annelida In classical Spiders are Predatory Invertebrate Animals that have two body segments, eight legs no chewing mouth parts and no wings Molluscs are animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca. There are around 250000 extant Species within the phylum with an estimated 70000 Isopods are one of the most diverse orders of Crustaceans with many species living in all environments but are most common in shallow marine waters Centipedes (from Latin prefix centi-, "hundred" and Greek ποδός podos, " Foot " are

Breeding

Display flights and drumming by the males. Drumming (also called bleating) is a sound produced by Snipe as part of their courtship display flights Nests on the ground, concealed in vegetation, with a clutch of four eggs.

Conservation

Internationally, Latham’s Snipe is considered to be a species of Least Concern. Least Concern ( LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category In Australia it used to be hunted as a gamebird but is now completely protected. Game is any Animal hunted for Food or not normally domesticated (such as Venison)

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