Swinhoe's Snipe
Singapore

01 Apr 1941 (imprecise)

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General details

Species	Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
Record ID	238
Date	01 Apr 1941 (imprecise)
Location	Singapore
Count	1 individual
Date added	25 Oct 2021

This is one of 11 accepted records of Swinhoe's Snipe in our database.

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Record accepted.

Committee's view

Background
Specimen reportedly in LKCNHM (Wang & Hails, 2007). Dates of sighting are imprecise, specimen reportedly collected in "April 1941".

Verdict	Accepted / Wild (Specimen)

References (see all)

References	Lim, 2009; Wang & Hails, 2007
Wang & Hails (2007)	Record is present in source

RECOMMENDED CITATION

Bird Society of Singapore. (2021). Record 238: Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala. Retrieved April 1, 2025, from https://records.singaporebirds.com/record/238/.