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Pintail 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. A snipe is any of nearly 20 wading bird species in three genera in the family Scolopacidae. stenura
Binomial name
Gallinago stenura
Bonaparte, 1831

The Pintail Snipe, Gallinago stenura, also known as the Pin-tailed Snipe, is a small stocky wader. Charles Lucien (Carlo Jules Laurent Bonaparte 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano ( May 24, 1803 &ndash July 29, 1857) was a French Waders, called shorebirds in North America (where "wader" is used to refer to long-legged wading Birds such as Storks and It breeds in northern Russia and migrates to spend the non-breeding season in southern Asia from Pakistan to Indonesia. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending 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 Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. It is the commonest migrant snipe in southern India, Sri Lanka and much of Southeast Asia. A snipe is any of nearly 20 wading bird species in three genera in the family Scolopacidae. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island It is a vagrant to north-western and northern Australia, and to East Africa Kenya. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south

Its breeding habitat is damp marshes and tundra in Arctic and boreal Russia. The Arctic is the Region around the Earth 's North Pole, opposite the Antarctic region around the South Pole. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Birds in their non-breeding range use a variety of wetlands, often with Common Snipe, but may be found also in drier habitats than their relative. The Common Snipe or Fantail Snipe ( Gallinago gallinago) is a small stocky shorebird. They nest in a well-hidden location on the ground.

These birds forage in mud or soft soil, probing or picking up food by sight. They mainly eat insects and earthworms, but also some plant material.

This 25-27 cm long bird is similar to the longer-billed and longer-tailed Common Snipe. Adults have short greenish-grey legs and a long straight dark bill. The body is mottled brown on top, with cream lines down their back. They are pale underneath with a streaked buff breast and white belly. They have a dark stripe through the eye, with light stripes above and below it. Sexes are similar, and immatures differ only in minor plumage details.

The wings are less pointed than Common Snipe, and lack the white trailing edge of that species. The shorter tail and flatter flight path when flushed also made flight separation from Common relatively easy.

Male Pintail Snipes often display in a group, with a loud repetitive tcheka song which has a crescendo of fizzing and buzzing sounds, and also whistling noises produced in flight by the pin-like outer tail feathers which give this species its English name. Drumming (also called bleating) is a sound produced by Snipe as part of their courtship display flights English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The normal call is a weak squik.

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