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
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes