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Gallinago (snipes)

Synonyms: Capella; Chubbia

Wikipedia Abstract

Gallinago is a genus of birds in the wader family Scolopacidae, containing 17 species. The scientific name gallinago is New Latin for a woodcock or snipe from Latin gallina, "hen" and the suffix -ago, "resembling".
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Species

Gallinago andina (Puna Snipe) (Attributes)
Gallinago anthonyi
Gallinago azovica
Gallinago delicata (Wilson's Snipe) (Attributes)
Gallinago gallinago (Common Snipe) (Attributes)
Gallinago hardwickii (Latham's Snipe) (Attributes)
Gallinago heterocerca
Gallinago imperialis (Imperial Snipe) (Attributes)
Gallinago jamesoni (Andean Snipe) (Attributes)
Gallinago kakuki
Gallinago macrodactyla (Madagascar Snipe) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Gallinago media (Great Snipe) (Attributes)
Gallinago megala (Swinhoe's Snipe) (Attributes)
Gallinago nemoricola (Wood Snipe) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Gallinago nigripennis (African Snipe) (Attributes)
Gallinago nobilis (Noble Snipe) (Attributes)
Gallinago paraguaiae (South American Snipe) (Attributes)
Gallinago solitaria (Solitary Snipe) (Attributes)
Gallinago stenura (Pin-tailed Snipe) (Attributes)
Gallinago stricklandii (Fuegian Snipe) (Attributes)
Gallinago undulata (Giant Snipe) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0