Great Snipe
Gallinago media - Bécassine double
Systematics
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family:
Scolopacidés
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Genus:
Gallinago
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Species:
media
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 29 cm
- Wingspan: 47 à 50 cm.
- Weight: 160 à 190 g
Geographic range
Description identification
Great Snipe (Gallinago media) is a species of bird in the Scolopacidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Bécassine double,
- Agachadiza real,
- narceja-real,
- Doppelschnepfe,
- nagy sárszalonka,
- Poelsnip,
- Croccolone,
- dubbelbeckasin,
- Dobbeltbekkasin,
- močiarnica tichá,
- bekasina větší,
- Tredækker,
- heinäkurppa,
- Dubbelsnip,
- becadell reial,
- Heiðasnípa,
- (bekas) dubelt,
- ķikuts,
- čoketa,
- Дупель,
- ヨーロッパジシギ,
- 斑腹沙锥,
- 大沙錐,
Habitat
Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Boreal ; Grassland : Subarctic, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v13.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes