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| Gallinago solitaria |
Hodgson, 1831 |
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Family: sandpipers, snipes |
Order: Charadriiformes |
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Solitary snipe |
Bécassine solitaire |
Agachadiza solitaria |
Einsiedlerbekassine |
| Migration: partial |
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generally flies only short distances |
Partial migrant; generally flies only short distances. Some birds essentially sedentary, being driven to lower
altitudes by cold spells. Others migratory, wintering S to foothills of Himalayas, in N India and Pakistan, and
also sometimes in NE Iran; E birds winter S to Korea, Japan and E China. (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).
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| (Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel) |