Pin-tailed Snipe

The pin-tailed snipe breeds in northern Russia and spends the non-breeding season in southern Asia from Pakistan to Indonesia. It is the most common migrant snipe in southern India, Sri Lanka and much of Southeast Asia. It is 25 to 27 cm long, mottled brown above with cream lines down the back, with a long straight dark bill, short greenish-grey legs and a streaked buff breast (Wikipedia, species account). (Wikipedia, general species account).

It forages in mud or soft soil for insects and earthworms, and is found in wetlands, sometimes drier ones than the common snipe (Wikipedia, species account). Its breeding habitat is damp marshes and tundra in Arctic and boreal Russia. Birds in their non-breeding range use a variety of wetlands, often with common snipe. may be found also in drier habitats than their relative. They nest in a well-hidden location on the ground. (Wikipedia, general species account).