Summary ²

Swinhoe's Snipe, Gallinago megala, also known as Forest Snipe or Chinese Snipe, is a medium-sized (length 27–29 cm, wingspan 38–44 cm, weight 120 gm), long-billed, migratory wader.

Monotypic, Palawan. ³

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1. (c) Hiyashi Haka, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/hiyashi/7893026148/
2. Adapted by Carmelo López Abad from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallinago_megala
3. (c) Carmelo López Abad, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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