Common Snipe

Order - Charadriiformes 鸻形目
Family - Scolopacidae 丘鹬科 (Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes)
Genus - Gallinago 沙锥属

Common Snipe

Gallinago gallinago

扇尾沙锥

    Size : 25–27 cm; 72–181 g; Wingspan 44–47 cm

             

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Gallinago gallinago faeroeensis (C. L. Brehm, 1831)
  – Iceland, Faeroes, Orkney and Shetland; winters in British Is.
• Gallinago gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758)
  – British Is, Scandinavia and W Europe through NC Eurasia to Kamchatka and W Aleutians, and S from NE Afghanistan to N India; winters from W Europe, Mediterranean and equatorial Africa through Middle East, Arabia and Indian Subcontinent to E China, S Korea, S Japan, Philippines and Borneo.

Date : 26 March 2014
塱原湿地, 上水区, 新界, 香港
Long Valley Wetland, Sheung Shui District, New Territories, Hong Kong