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Field Guide to Birds of North America
Species Overview
Identification
Behavior
Portrait
Swinhoe's Snipe
Gallinago melaga
Order
CHARADRIIFORMES
Family
Sandpipers, Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Code 4
Non-AOU
Code 6
GALMEL
ITIS
HEAD
Bill Shape:
All-purpose
Eye Color:
Black
Head pattern:
Striped, Streaked
Crown Color:
Tan with brown stripes and dark mottling.
Forehead Color:
Tan with brown stripes.
Nape Color:
Tan with brown streaks.
Throat Color:
Buff with tan streaks.
Cere color:
No Data
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BODY
Length Range:
25-28 cm (10-11 in)
Weight:
71-181 g (2.5-6.4 oz)
Size:
Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color Primary:
Brown
Underparts:
White and brown.
Upperparts:
White and brown.
Back Pattern:
Scaled or scalloped
Belly Pattern:
Barred or banded
Breast Pattern:
Barred or banded
FLIGHT
Flight Pattern:
Zigzag flight on takeoff followed by direct flight with rapid wing beats.
Wingspan Range:
43-46 cm (17-18 in)
Wing Shape:
Pointed-Wings
Tail shape:
Rounded Tail
Tail Pattern:
Mottled
Upper Tail:
Tan, buff and brown.
Under Tail:
White
Leg Color:
Yellow-green.
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Parts of a Standing bird
X
Head Feathers and Markings
X
Parts of a Flying bird
X