Key Facts
Family: Scolopacidae
Biometrics:
Length: 19 to 23 cm, Weight: 34 to 98 g, Wingspan: 34 to 37 cm
Range:
Breed in wetlands below the Arctic, in the Scottish highlands of Europe and in the eastern Pelarctic and even in Scotland. Migrate in winter to Africa, South Asia, especially India and Australia.
Habitat:
Peat-covered vegetated areas, near the Arctic in northern birch, coniferous forests, plateaus, wetlands, deciduous shrub forests. Post breeding near freshwater reservoirs, mud, swamps, grassy low-lying shores, sewage fields, near paddy fields, dams and lakes
Clicked at: Bhandup Pumping Station, Mumbai
