Common snipe

Common snipe
Calls recorded in Hampshire, England
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Gallinago
Species:
G. gallinago
Binomial name
Gallinago gallinago
Subspecies

G. g. faroeensis
G. g. gallinago

Range of G. gallinago
  Breeding
  Resident
  Non-breeding
Synonyms
  • Scolopax gallinago Linnaeus, 1758
  • Capella gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758)

The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Gallinago gallinago". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22693097A155504420. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22693097A155504420.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.