Birds of Ladakh

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Common name:

Common Snipe

Ladakhi name:

unknown

Scientific name:

Gallinago gallinago

Order:

charadriformes

Family:

Sclopacidae 

fun facts:

The Common Snipe is a passage migrant to Ladakh. It can be spotted along meadows, marshes, river banks up to 4600 m. The sexes look the same.