Lathams Snipe – Migratory Bird

Lathams Snipe shorebird flies continuously from Japan to Australia twice in a year. The bird takes 5 days to cover the distance of thousands of kilometres of ocean for their survival.

About Lathams snipe:

Lathams Snipe is a long-billed, medium-sized, migratory snipe .

The bird is recognized as a Gallinago snipe by using its cryptically-patterned black, brown, buff and white plumage.

The bird usually breeds in Hokkaido in northern Japan and in small Percentage in Honshu (eastern Russian mainland).

Breeding habitat of the bird in Asia consist of alpine moorland, tough pasture, younger tree plantations, grasslands and cultivated areas.

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