Typical Snipes
Gallinago
Gallinago is a genus of birds in the wader family Scolopacidae, containing 17 species.
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 18 known species
Common Snipe
speciesGallinago gallinago
Wilson's Snipe
speciesGallinago delicata
Latham's Snipe
speciesGallinago hardwickii
Pin-tailed Snipe
speciesGallinago stenura
Pantanal Snipe
speciesGallinago paraguaiae
Great Snipe
speciesGallinago media
Magellanic Snipe
speciesGallinago magellanica
African Snipe
speciesGallinago nigripennis
Swinhoe's Snipe
speciesGallinago megala
Solitary Snipe
speciesGallinago solitaria
Noble Snipe
speciesGallinago nobilis
Giant Snipe
speciesGallinago undulata
Puna Snipe
speciesGallinago andina
Jameson's Snipe
speciesGallinago jamesoni
Madagascar Snipe
speciesGallinago macrodactyla
Wood Snipe
speciesGallinago nemoricola
Fuegian Snipe
speciesGallinago stricklandii
Imperial Snipe
speciesGallinago imperialis
Gallinago gallinago × media
hybridGallinago gallinago × media
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 3912.