| Swinhoe's snipe | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Gallinago |
| Species: | G. megala
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| Binomial name | |
| Gallinago megala R. Swinhoe, 1861
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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.
The common name commemorates the British naturalist Robert Swinhoe who first described the species in 1861.[2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Gallinago megala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693090A93383287. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693090A93383287.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 331–332.