Jameson's snipe

Jameson's snipe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Gallinago
Species:
G. jamesoni
Binomial name
Gallinago jamesoni
(Jardine & Bonaparte, 1855)

The Jameson's snipe or Andean snipe (Gallinago jamesoni) is a small, stocky wader. It breeds in the Andes in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. It appears to be entirely sedentary, with no evidence of migration.

It is sometimes considered conspecific with the Fuegian snipe, Gallinago stricklandii, which is also known as the Cordilleran snipe. The scientific name of the Jameson's snipe commemorates the Scottish botanist William Jameson.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Gallinago jamesoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693124A93385155. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693124A93385155.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.