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Great snipe
Conservation status
Great snipe
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Gallinago
Species:
G. media
Binomial name
Gallinago media
(Latham, 1787)
Range of G. media
  Breeding range
  Non-breeding range
Synonyms

Capella media (Latham, 1787)
Gallinago major
Scolopax media Latham, 1787

The great snipe (Gallinago media) is a small stocky wader in the genus Gallinago. This bird's breeding habitat is marshes and wet meadows with short vegetation in north-eastern Europe, including north-western Russia. Great snipes are migratory, wintering in Africa. The European breeding population is in steep decline.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Gallinago media". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22693093A111105264. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22693093A111105264.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

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