Pin-tailed Snipe + Wood Sandpiper
These birds forage in mud or
soft soil, probing or picking up food by sight. They mainly eat insects and
earthworms, but also some plant material.
This 25–27 cm long bird
is similar to the longer-billed and longer-tailed Common Snipe. Adults have
short greenish-grey legs and a long straight dark bill. The body is mottled
brown on top, with cream lines down their back. They are pale underneath with a
streaked buff breast and white belly. They have a dark stripe through the eye,
with light stripes above and below it. Sexes are similar, and immatures differ
only in minor plumage details.
The wings are less pointed
than Common Snipe, and lack the white trailing edge of that species. The
shorter tail and flatter flight path when flushed also made flight separation
from Common relatively easy.
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