香港物種

針尾沙錐 / 大沙錐 Pintail/swinhoe's Snipe

針尾沙錐 / 大沙錐
Pintail/swinhoe's Snipe
Gallinago stenura / G. megala

無危。春及秋季過境遷徙鳥,冬候鳥。針尾沙錐和大沙錐在野外極難分辨。和扇尾沙錐比較,這兩種沙錐背部縱紋顏色較淡且較細長;飛行時次級飛羽沒有白色後緣,翼下有濃密橫紋。靜止時,翼長不及尾的末端。見於濕農田。

Least Concern. Spring and Autumn Passage Migrant, Winter Visitor. Pintail and Swinhoe’s Snipes are very difficult to distinguish in the field. Compared with Common Snipe, their stripes on the back are paler and thinner. At rest, the wings stop short of the tail. In flight the secondaries show no white edge, and the underwings have dense bars. Found in wet agricultural land.