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| Gallinago nemoricola |
Hodgson, 1836 |
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Family: sandpipers, snipes |
Order: Charadriiformes |
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Wood snipe |
Bécassine des bois |
Agachadiza del Himalya |
Nepalbekassine |
| Migration: intracontinental |
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probably partly sedentary |
Probably partly sedentary, although many birds move down to lower altitudes after breeding season. some are
migratory and winter to S in hill ranges of India; only rather occasionally recorded in Indochina, vagrant to
Singapore and Sri Lanka. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1996)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1996) - www.hbw.com,
- Copyright: GROMS/BfN -
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(A digitised version of this map is published in GIS shape format on the GROMS CD).
| Regions: East Asia, South & Southeast Asia, West & Central Asia |
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| (Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel) |