Beckas ( lat. Gallinago ) is a genus of small marsh birds of the family of beret , widespread in the world (absent in Australia ). Combines a group of very similar birds with a very long thin beak and a protective coat color. The majority of species are distinguished by the so-called “overcurrent” - a characteristic demonstrative flight performed at dusk Biotopes - wet and wetlands. They feed mainly on small invertebrates , which with the help of a long beak are found in moist soil. In the avifauna of Russia there are 6 species - a snipe , a Japanese snipe , an Asian snipe , a snipe , a forest snipe , a mountain snipe . The Japanese snipe is listed in the Red Book of Russia as a rare, sporadically common species.
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Types
- Mountain Snipe ( Gallinago solitaria )
- Japanese snipe ( Gallinago hardwickii )
- Malayan grouse ( Gallinago nemoricola )
- Asian Snipe ( Gallinago stenura )
- Forest Snipe ( Gallinago megala )
- African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis )
- Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla )
- Great snipe ( Gallinago media )
- Snipe ( Gallinago gallinago )
- American Snipe ( Gallinago delicata )
- South American Snipe ( Gallinago paraguaiae )
- Long-billed Snipe ( Gallinago nobilis )
- Big Snipe ( Gallinago undulata )
- Cordillera snipe ( Gallinago stricklandii )
- Andean Snipe ( Gallinago jamesoni )
- Royal Snipe ( Gallinago imperialis )
Literature
- Snipe // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 t. (82 t. And 4 extra.). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Peter Hayman, John Marchant, Tony Prater. Shore Birds. - Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd, 1986. - 416 p. - ISBN 978-0709920342 .
- Boehme R. L. , Flint V. Ye. A five-language dictionary of animal names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Under total. ed. Acad. V.E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. LANGUAGE, RUSSO, 1994. - 845 p. - 2030 copies - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .
- E.A. Nazarenko, S.A.Bessonov. General characteristics of the created databases of birds of Russia . Vertebrates of Russia: an overview . Institute RAS A. N. Severtsova . The date of circulation is January 12, 2009. Archived on February 23, 2012.