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Swinhoe's snipe
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Swinhoe's snipe, (Gallinago megala), also known as forest snipe or Chinese snipe, is a medium-sized (length 27–29 cm, wingspan 38–44 cm, weight 120 gm), long-billed, migratory wader.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Scolopacidae |
Genus: | Gallinago |
Species: | G. megala |
Binomial name | |
Gallinago megala R. Swinhoe, 1861 | |
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The common name commemorates the British naturalist Robert Swinhoe who first described the species in 1861.[2]