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The solitary snipe (''Gallinago solitaria'') is a small stocky wader. It breeds discontinuously in the mountains of eastern Asia, in eastern Russia, Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. Many birds are sedentary in the high mountains, or just move downhill in hard weather, but others are migratory, wintering in northeast Iran, Pakistan, northern India and Japan. It is a vagrant to Saudi Arabia, eastern India and Hong Kong. == Description == This is a large and heavy snipe 29–31 cm long with a stocky body and relatively short legs for a wader. Its upperparts, head and neck are streaked and patterned with medium brown stripes and whitish edges to the feathers forming lines down its back. The face is whitish. The breast is ginger-brown and the belly is white with brown barring on the flanks. The brown and black bill is long, straight and fairly slender. The legs and feet are yellowish-olive to yellowish-brown. All plumages are similar, but females average larger. There are two quite similar subspecies. Nominate ''G. s. solitaria'' is very widespread. The breeding range of ''G. s. japonica'', which is richer red and less white above, is unknown, but it winters in Japan. The solitary snipe makes a hoarse ''kensh'' call as it takes off, and has a far carrying ''chok-a-chok-a'' call when displaying. The solitary snipe can be distinguished from other snipe by its ginger breast, whitish face and white lines on its back. It has a relatively slow, heavy flight. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Solitary snipe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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