Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae) - HBW 3
Latham's Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)
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.
- Least Concern
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A bird probing mud and defecating Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 24 February 2006 1 year ago 24 sec 3.8 -
Two birds, one resting, the other probing & preening Kooralbyn, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Anthony Laven 30 December 2009 11 weeks ago 31 sec 3.3 -
A bird on the ground Dayboro, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Tom Tarrant 1995 5 years ago 37 sec 3.2 -
Two birds probing mud Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 24 February 2006 1 year ago 8 sec 3 -
A bird foraging in the mud Daintree, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Peter Waanders 15 August 2004 3 years ago 33 sec 2.6 -
A bird sitting on the ground Banora Green, Banora Point, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 25 December 2005 1 year ago 31 sec 2.5
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A bird on the edge of a reed bed. Very low water level in the waste treatment ponds. Laratinga Wetlands, Mount Barker, South Australia, Australia
Philip Griffin 27 January 2010 7 weeks ago 3.7 -
Adult taken the 05/05/2009 on Heuksan Do Island South Korea
AurélienAudevard 5 May 2009 15 weeks ago 3
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