| Item Call Number |
PA01185 |
| Status |
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| Barcode |
PA01185 |
| Photo Id |
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| Photographer |
- Photographer - Ayala Museum Research Team
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| Title |
- Title - Marsh snipe
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Ayala Museum Research Team
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| Notes |
- Notes - Marsh Snipe.
Scientific name: Capella megala; Gallinago megala.
Common name: Kanduro (Tag.); Paslan (Pampango).
Habitat: rivers, fishpond and open fields, seashores and lakes.
Food: worms, insects, small shrimps and some plants.
The nest is a shallow depression on the ground which usually contains 4 eggs. The egg is broad and bluntly tipped, milky white or yellowish spotted with brown or grey. Winters in northern China, migrating to the Philippines in September of each year.
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| Collection |
- Collection - National Museum of the Philippines
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| Keywords |
- Keyword - kanduro
- Keyword - paslan
- Keyword - capella megala
- Keyword - gallinago megala
- Keyword - fauna
- Keyword - animals
- Keyword - national museum
- Keyword - snipes
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