Key information
The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) is a small, stocky wader migratory bird, with European birds wintering in southern and western Europe and Africa (south to the Equator), and Asian migrants moving to tropical southern Asia.
Length : 25–27 cm (9.8–10.6 in)
Wingspan: 44–47 cm (17–19 in)
Weight : 80–140 g
Population : 15,000,000-29,000,000 individuals
Habitat: The breeding habitat is marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows throughout northern Europe and northern Asia.
Diet: feed on larval insects (10–80%), adult insects, earthworms, small crustaceans, small gastropods and spiders; plant fibres.
Location
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