Latham's Snipe

Gallinago hardwickii (Gray, JE, 1831)

Latham's Snipe, Gallinago hardwickii, breeds in temperate parts of the north-east Palearctic, including Amurland, southern Sakhalin, the southern Kuril Islands and Japan from Honshu to possibly Kyushu. Outside the breeding season it is found in Australasia, especially eastern Australia and Tasmania, in tropical to temperate freshwater wetlands. It is a migratory snipe of the East Asian–Australasian Flyway. In the field it is hard to separate from Swinhoe's Snipe and Pin-tailed Snipe, though it is slightly larger. Its breeding habitat includes meadows, fields, grasslands, rough pasture, young plantations and cultivated areas.

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes

Breeding range

Palearctic: meadows and fields of temperate ne Palearctic: e Amurland and s Sakhalin (se Russia) and s Kuril Is. s through Honshu and ?Kyushu (n to s Japan)

Nonbreeding range

Australasia: tropical to temperate freshwater wetlands: e Australia including Tasmania