Species profile
Puna Snipe
Gallinago andina
Quick answer
Andes of n Peru to nw Argentina and n Chile
- Scientific name
- Gallinago andina
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Gallinago
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Puna Snipe in your journal
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