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The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World. The scientific name gallinago is New Latin for a woodcock or snipe from Latin gallina, "hen" and the suffix -ago, "resembling"
Scientific Name : Gallinago Gallinago
Family : Scolopacidae
Order : Charadriiformes
Class : Aves
Type : Sandpipers And Snipes
Conservation Status : Least concern (LC)
Size : 25 - 27 cm
Compare Size : Mayna +
Wingspan : 44 - 47 cm
Weight : 80 - 140 g
Migratory : Migrant
Sex Alike : Yes
Other Names :
Marathi : सामान्य पाणलावा, पाणलावा, पंककीर
Habitat:
freshwater marshes, ponds, flooded meadows, fields and occasionally, salt marshes
Feeding:
worms, insects, mollusks, crustaceans, and amphibians
| Male & Female | |
|---|---|
| Legs | short; greenish-grey |
| Bill | very long, straight; dark |
| Upperparts | mottled-brown with straw-yellow stripes |
| Head | dark-brown stripe through the eye, with withish stripes above and below it |
| Wing | pointed |
| Belly | white |
| Neck | brown with dark striations |
| Breast | brown with dark striations |