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Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
(G. g. gallinago)
| Armenian Name: | Մորակտցար |
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See Plate 29 for Common Snipe and other similar species
| Resident Status: | Year-round resident |
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| Abundance: | Common |
| Length: | 25-27 cm, Wing Span:44-47 cm |
| Distribution Map: | Map 135. |
| Description: | Long-billed snipe. Dark crown divided by pale yellow-brown line. Pale face with dark eyestripe and bar on cheek. Brown above with an intricate pattern of pale and dark bars. Chin and throat off-white; foreneck and breast pale, streaked black-brown. Flanks barred; belly white. Extensively reddish tail. |
| Similar Species: | Differs from Jack Snipe by larger size, longer bill, and barred flanks; from Great Snipe by smaller size, extensive white on belly, and in flight, narrower wings and extensively reddish tail. |
| Behavior: | Often secretive. Occurs in large flocks. When flushed, emits a scratchy call and flies in low zigzag pattern for short distance. |
| Habitat: | Muddy or silty shores of ponds, lakes, and canals; marshes. Prefers areas with shallow water and emergent vegetation. |
| Food: | Aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates. |
| Nest: | Shallow ground scrape lined with grass. |
| Eggs: | 39 mm, 4, pale green, brown blotches. |
