Swinhoe's Snipe is a shorebird that moves between wetlands with the seasons. Its long bill and mottled plumage help it blend into grass and mud.
It has a long, straight bill and brown and pale streaks on the back and head.
It is migratory, breeding in open woodland and grassy areas of northern Asia and using rice fields and wetlands outside breeding. It probes mud for small animals.
Pairs breed apart in grassy areas near marshes and streams or in open woodland. The nest is a shallow scrape on dry ground with short grass, often on a slight rise or mound.
It feeds at dusk and at night on earthworms, insects and larvae including beetles, ants and grasshoppers, terrestrial mollusks and seeds. Outside breeding it feeds singly or in dispersed flocks.
Compared with Common Snipe it looks larger-headed and shorter-billed, without a distinct white rear wing edge. Outer tail feathers gradually widen toward the center, with at least two intermediate-width feathers outside the broad central ones.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.