Lymnocryptes minimus
Widespread winter visitor. Small, with short bill. Flight weaker and slower than that of Common Snipe, with rounded wing - tips. Has divided supercilium but lacks pale crown-stripe. Mantle and scapular stripes very prominent. When feeding. seems to bob body constantly. Usually crepuscular and nocturnal. Marshes and wet paddy stubbles.
Widespread winter visitor. Small, with short bill. Flight weaker and slower than that of Common Snipe, with rounded wing - tips. Has divided supercilium but lacks pale crown-stripe. Mantle and scapular stripes very prominent. When feeding. seems to bob body constantly. Usually crepuscular and nocturnal. Marshes and wet paddy stubbles.
Every bird sits between two neighbours — bigger than one, smaller than the other. The sentences below are generated live from the database.
Ack Snipe is bigger than Brandt's Mountain Finch but smaller than Brown Shrike.
This bird
Ack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus
17–19 cm
