Snipes, Sandpipers and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Wood Snipe (Gallinago nemoricola) - HBW 3, p. 492
French: Bécassine des bois
German: Nepalbekassine
Spanish: Agachadiza del Himalaya
Other common names: Himalayan Snipe
Taxonomy: Gallinago nemoricola Hodgson, 1836, Nepal.
Genus formerly named Capella, as this name erroneously considered to pre-date Gallinago (see page 446). Monotypic.
Distribution: Himalayas, from NW India (Himachal Pradesh) through S & E Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan and NE India (Arunachal Pradesh and extreme NE Assam) to N Myanmar and probably SC China (W Sichuan); possibly also Pakistan. Winters in India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, N Laos, N Vietnam and rarely N Thailand.
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An individual on the ground.
Locality Gosainkund, Langtang National Park, Nepal (Monotypic species)
Pete Morris 1 May 1990 24 weeks ago 3.6 -
A bird on the ground.
Locality Gosainkund, Langtang National Park, Nepal (Monotypic species)
Pete Morris 1 May 1990 24 weeks ago 3.4
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Display flight early in the morning Locality Balang Shan, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China (Northern)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 13 May 2010 3 years ago 4 -
Display flight early in the morning. Locality Balang Shan, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China (Northern)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 13 May 2010 3 years ago 4
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