Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (39)
- Monotypic
Jan Van Gils, Popko Wiersma, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 23, 2016
Text last updated February 23, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Горска бекасина |
| Catalan | becadell de Swinhoe |
| Chinese | 中地鷸 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 大沙錐 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 大沙锥 |
| Croatian | bajkalska šljuka |
| Czech | bekasina lesní |
| Danish | Tajga-bekkasin |
| Dutch | Siberische Snip |
| English | Swinhoe's Snipe |
| English (United States) | Swinhoe's Snipe |
| Finnish | siperiankurppa |
| French | Bécassine de Swinhoe |
| French (France) | Bécassine de Swinhoe |
| German | Waldbekassine |
| Greek | Μπεκατσίνι της Σιβηρίας |
| Hebrew | חרטומית סיבירית |
| Hungarian | Tajgasárszalonka |
| Icelandic | Holtasnípa |
| Indonesian | Berkik rawa |
| Japanese | チュウジシギ |
| Korean | 꺅도요사촌 |
| Lithuanian | Sibirinis perkūno oželis |
| Malayalam | സ്വിൻഹൊ ചുണ്ടൻകാട |
| Mongolian | Шугуйн хараалж |
| Norwegian | bajkalbekkasin |
| Polish | bekas leśny |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Narceja-de-swinhoe |
| Romanian | Becațină de taiga |
| Russian | Лесной дупель |
| Serbian | Svinhouova šljuka |
| Slovak | močiarnica bledá |
| Slovenian | Jenisejska kozica |
| Spanish | Agachadiza del Baikal |
| Spanish (Spain) | Agachadiza del Baikal |
| Swedish | tajgabeckasin |
| Thai | นกปากซ่อมสวินโฮ |
| Turkish | Baykal Suçulluğu |
| Ukrainian | Баранець лісовий |
Gallinago megala Swinhoe, 1861
PROTONYM:
Gallinago megala
Swinhoe, 1861. Ibis, p.343.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Between Takoo and -^^ Peking, China.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GALLINAGO
- gallinago
- megala
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Swinhoe's Snipe
