Key Facts
Family: Scolopacidae
Biometrics:
Length: 36 to 44 cm, Weight: Male - 160 to 440 g, Female - 244 to 500 g, Wingspan: 70 to 82 cm
Range:
Breed in Iceland through Europe and areas of central Asia, winter in Indian subcontinent, Australia, New Zealand, Western Europe and West Africa
Habitat:
Breed in lowland wet meadows or grassy marshes, damp pastures and moorland bogs and winter in estuaries, lagoons with intertidal mudflats, sandy beaches, inland wetlands and rice-fields
Clicked at: Nal-Sarovar, Gujarat during boat-ride
