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Cryptic shorebird of wetlands, wet meadows, and both flooded and dry agricultural fields.
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Aggregated occurance data is sourced from 14 different actively-updating datasets including eBird Australia, iNaturalist Australia, BirdLife Australia, and multiple state-based bird surveys through Atlas of Living Australia.
Species notes
Extremely similar in appearance to other snipe, particularly Swinhoe's Snipe; careful study and photography usually required to confirm identification. Namesake diagnostic thin gray outer tail feathers are only visible when tail is spread. Lacks Common Snipe's eye-catching white trailing edge of the wing. Averages less buffy than both Common and Swinhoe's, with slightly bolder white edgings to the wing feathers; darker and more richly colored than Latham's Snipe. In flight, toes project further beyond tail than in other Asian snipe.
Cryptic shorebird of wetlands, wet meadows, and both flooded and dry agricultural fields. When flushed, gives a rasping call that is not as loud as Common Snipe’s call; also flies less erratically than that species.
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