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Scientific Name : Lymnocryptes minimus
Family : Scolopacidae
Order : Charadriiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Haors
Description : The Jack Snipe is a very small cryptically marked marsh bird (adult bird length approximately18 cm, weight 45 g, wing 11 cm, bill 4.2 cm, tarsus 2.4 cm, tail 4.8 cm). It looks dark brown-green from above and white from below. It feeds on insects and their larvae, annelids, small molluscs and seeds. During courtship, the male engages in an aerial display, accompanied by a unique sound resembling that of a galloping horse. In the winter, this sound is absent. They choose a concealed spot on the ground as their nesting site and lay a clutch of 3–4 eggs.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Calidris ruficollis
(Red‑necked Stint) -
Limosa limosa
(Black‑tailed Godwit) -
Gallinago stenura
(Pintail Snipe) -
Gallinago megala
(Swinhoe's Snipe) -
Tringa ochropus
(Green Sandpiper) -
Calidris tenuirostris
(Great Knot) -
Calidris pygmaea
(Spoon-billed Sandpiper) -
Numenius phaeopus
(Whimbrel) -
Calidris minuta
(Little Stint) -
Gallinago gallinago
(Common Snipe)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Paul Cools (iNaturalist User);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Uku Paal(www.xeno-canto.org/Uku Paal), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Paul Cools (iNaturalist User);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Uku Paal(www.xeno-canto.org/Uku Paal), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.