Common snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Family Scolopacidae. Order Charadriiformes.
Photo: Alnus / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Description
The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago, formerly also known as Gallinago cælestis) is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World, where it breeds in marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows.
Traits
- Residency
- migratory
- Diet
- worms, larvae
- Game species
- yes — marsh game
♪ Bird call
Recording: Wikimedia Commons
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Photographs
Johann Daniel Meyer / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Links
Source: {'label': 'Wikipedia', 'href': 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_snipe'}