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..     SNIPE (gallinago gallinago).     ..

Image: John Gould

Size:-

Voice:-

Habitat:-

Status:-

Egg:-

Length: 23-28cm

Wingspan: 39-45cm

Weight: 72-169g

 

 

Flight: short, rasping sneeze

Aerial drumming display: outstretched outer tail feathers produce a low-pitched, unearthly, 'whirring'

Wet moors or pasture.

 

 

 

 

 

Amber List

 

 

 

 

 

İRob Brown

39x28mm

N.B. EGG COLLECTING IS MURDER. IT IS IMMORAL AND IT IS AGAINST THE LAW.

Extra Info:-

Eggs:-

Lifespan:-

Population:-

No.:-

Incubation:-

Fledging:-

3-5

18-20 days

19-20 days

Season: Apr-Jun

16 years

 

 

Breeding: 60,000 pairs

Winter: 100,000

 

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