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הנממ תלדבנ ,בנז-תדח תימוטרחל דואמ המוד ,הלדוגב תינוניב :תיחרזמ תימוטרח | ||||||||||
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Subspecies and Distribution.
Gallinago megala CS Siberia and N Mongolia, Amurland and Ussuriland. Winters from S & E India to E & S China and Taiwan, and thrugh Malay, Philippines and Indonesia to N Australia. | ||||||||||
Descriptive notes.Medium-sized snipe, very similar to Gallinago stenura anf.Gallinago hardwickii40-44 cm, 80-165 g, wingspan 38-45 cm. Primaries project beyond tertials slightly more than G. stenura, paired buffish white spots on tips of upperwing coverts more clearly marked than in two species, in flight, toes project only slightly beyond tail tip. Pale panel across median upperwing coverts, evident in flight, with white trailing edge virtually absent. Female very similar to male, but bill averages slightly longer. No seasonal variation. Habitat.In or at margins of, deciduous or mixed open woodland, river valleys, and grassy localities near marshes and striams, usually favours drier and enclosed sites. Sometimes on alpine meadows at tree-line.During non-breeding period, found at edges of wetlands, including marshy areas, paddyfields, sewage farms and freshwater streams. Often feeds among hummocks or on mudflats around seepage areas. Food and FeedingDiet includes earthworms, glow-worms, adult and larval insects, such as beetles and ants, terrestrial gastropods and seeds. Crepusecular and nocturnal, mainly solitary.Breeding.May-Jul. Monogamous. Flight disply usually solitary, but can apparently be performed by flock, flying in large circles above forest. Scattered solitary pairs at highly variable densitises, 2-50 pairs/km2. Highest concentrations in industrial clear-cuts in boreal mountain forests.3-5 eggs, single brood, males do not participate in incubation. Movements.Migratory. Post-breeding movement through Russia chiefly towards SE, then apparently via Mongolia, China, Taiwan and Philippines, present in Australia Nov-Feb.Status and Conservation.Not globally threatend. Total population probably numbers 30,000 - 100,000 birds (1992).Israel.In Israel subspecies Gallinago megala. Straggler, recorded and photographed Feb-Nar 1998.. |
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