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WORLD BIRDS / IOC 15.2

Wood Snipe

Gallinago nemoricola

Wood Snipe belongs to Scolopacidae, within the order Charadriiformes. Explore the recorded facts below, then discover other birds in the same family.

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Wood Snipe · Gallinago nemoricola
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Taxonomy & recorded facts

Scientific name
Gallinago nemoricola
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Conservation record
VU · Vulnerable
Habitat in source
Forest
Reported mass
167.7 g
Reported wingspan
46 cm

Conservation categories reflect the source dataset, not a live IUCN assessment. Missing measurements are omitted. Game combat values are not biological measurements.

Distribution record

东洋界:亚热带亚洲山地的高山草甸和灌丛:喜马拉雅山脉西部,自喜马偕尔邦至印度东部和中国中南部

Original Chinese range description retained from the source catalog.

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Illustration source:huashu-bird-sticker · PolyForm-Shield-1.0.0 · Rofikul Islam · Reference record ↗

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