Species profile
common snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Quick answer
Breeding regions are PAL. Breeding subregions are widespread low Arctic to temperate wetlands of Palearctic: Iceland to British Is., Scandinavia, France and Azores (n Macaronesia, nw of n Africa) e through n Russia to c Chukotskiy Pen., Kamchatka, Sea of Okhotsk and Commander Is. (se Russia); in s to n Kazakhstan, e Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan, Kashmir (nw Himalayas), n Mongolia and ne China. Non breeding regions are s Europe, AF, OR : temperate to tropical wetlands of Eastern Hemisphere mainly n of Equator: British Is. to s Europe, Macaronesia (nw of n Africa), n Africa, wc to ec Africa, Middle East, c, s se Asia, e Asia, Greater Sundas, Philippines, Taiwan, e China, Korean Pen. and c, s Japan.
- Scientific name
- Gallinago gallinago
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Gallinago
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened
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