Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)

Latham's Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii) - HBW 3, p. 492

French: Bécassine du Japon German: Japanbekassine Spanish: Agachadiza Japonesa
Other common names: Japanese/Australian Snipe

Taxonomy: Scolopax Hardwickii J. E. Gray, 1831, Tasmania.
Genus formerly named Capella, as this name erroneously considered to pre-date Gallinago (see page 446). Monotypic.

Distribution: E Primorskiy, S Sakhalin and S Kuril Is S to Hokkaido and N & C Honshu, and possibly Kyushu (S Japan). Winters in E Australia and Tasmania; perhaps also small numbers in New Guinea.