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.
^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.
The greatsnipe (Gallinago media) is a small stocky wader in the genus Gallinago. This bird's breeding habitat is marshes and wet meadows with short vegetation...
The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World. The breeding habitats are marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows...
The jack snipe or jacksnipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) is a small stocky wader. It is the smallest snipe, and the only member of the genus Lymnocryptes. Features...
known extinct species, with the Subantarctic snipe having three subspecies, including the Campbell Island snipe discovered as recently as 1997. The genus...
species known as sandpipers, but also others such as woodcocks, curlews and snipes. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the...
species of wading birds in the genus Scolopax. The genus name is Latin for a snipe or woodcock, and until around 1800 was used to refer to a variety of waders...
The African snipe can only be confused with the three migrant snipes that occur in its range, common, pin-tailed and greatsnipe. Greatsnipe is obviously...
Look up sniper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sniper is a trained sharpshooter who operates alone, in a pair, or with a sniper team to maintain...
"Sandpipers, snipes, coursers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 June 2019. "Magornitho". "great Alaska department...
because of female fidelity. Avian females such as the black grouse and greatsnipe are faithful to males and not to mating sites. Successful males congregate...
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2023). "Sandpipers, snipes, coursers". IOC World Bird List. V 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union...
A sniper is a military/paramilitary marksman who engages targets from positions of concealment or at distances exceeding the target's detection capabilities...
The great knot (Calidris tenuirostris) is a small wader. It is the largest species of the genus Calidris. They are a migratory bird which breeds in Siberia...
many folk names include timberdoodle, bogsucker, night partridge, brush snipe, hokumpoke, and becasse. The population of the American woodcock has fallen...
macrodactyla) Greatsnipe (G. media) Swinhoe's snipe (G. megala) Wood snipe (G. nemoricola) African snipe (G. nigripennis) Noble snipe (G. nobilis) South...
current binomial name Scolopax rusticola. The genus name is Latin for a snipe or woodcock. The specific epithet rusticola is the Latin name of a gamebird...
Scolopax semipalmata. Gmelin based his description on the "semipalmated snipe" from New York that had been described in 1785 by both the English ornithologist...
p. 262. Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (2021). "Sandpipers, snipes, coursers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists'...
macrodactyla) Greatsnipe (G. media) Swinhoe's snipe (G. megala) Wood snipe (G. nemoricola) African snipe (G. nigripennis) Noble snipe (G. nobilis) South...
Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Sandpipers, snipes, coursers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists'...
Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Sandpipers, snipes, coursers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists'...
macrodactyla) Greatsnipe (G. media) Swinhoe's snipe (G. megala) Wood snipe (G. nemoricola) African snipe (G. nigripennis) Noble snipe (G. nobilis) South...
macrodactyla) Greatsnipe (G. media) Swinhoe's snipe (G. megala) Wood snipe (G. nemoricola) African snipe (G. nigripennis) Noble snipe (G. nobilis) South...
Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Sandpipers, snipes, coursers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists'...
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