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    Latham's snipe (Gallinago hardwickii) is a medium-sized, long-billed, migratory snipe of the East Asian–Australasian Flyway. The snipe is 29–33 cm long...
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    naturalist John Latham in 1787 with the binomial name Scolopax media. The name of the current genus Gallinago is Neo-Latin for a woodcock or snipe from Latin...
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    snipe, Gallinago solitaria Latham's snipe, Gallinago hardwickii Wood snipe, Gallinago nemoricola Pin-tailed snipe, Gallinago stenura Swinhoe's snipe,...
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    The jack snipe or jacksnipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) is a small stocky wader. It is the smallest snipe, and the only member of the genus Lymnocryptes. Features...
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    species of sandpipers in the genus Scolopax. The genus name is Latin for a snipe or woodcock, and until around 1800 was used to refer to a variety of waders...
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    The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World. The breeding habitats are marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows...
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    Wilson's snipe (Gallinago delicata) is a small, stocky shorebird. The generic name Gallinago is Neo-Latin for a woodcock or snipe from Latin gallina, "hen"...
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    known extinct species, with the Subantarctic snipe having three subspecies, including the Campbell Island snipe discovered as recently as 1997. The genus...
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    species known as sandpipers, but also others such as woodcocks, curlews and snipes. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the...
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    Gallinago snipe by its cryptically patterned black, brown, buff and white plumage, but it is not easily distinguished from Latham's and pin-tailed snipe in the...
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    The pin-tailed snipe or pintail snipe (Gallinago stenura) is a species of bird in the family Scolopacidae, the sandpipers. It breeds in northern Russia...
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    Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve is a summer feeding ground for Latham's Snipe which is a relatively rare waterbird protected under the Environment...
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  • permitted to be hunted as their populations have fallen, including Latham's snipe and several species of duck. Duck hunting is considered to be a particularly...
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    many folk names include timberdoodle, bogsucker, night partridge, brush snipe, hokumpoke, and becasse. The population of the American woodcock has fallen...
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    The African snipe (Gallinago nigripennis) also known as the Ethiopian snipe, is a small stocky wader. It breeds in eastern and southern Africa in wet...
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    ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Sandpipers, snipes, coursers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union...
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    current binomial name Scolopax rusticola. The genus name is Latin for a snipe or woodcock. The specific epithet rusticola is the Latin name of a gamebird...
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    The Chatham Islands snipe (Coenocorypha pusilla), also known as the Chatham snipe, is a species of wader in the family Scolopacidae. It is endemic to...
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    "stone snipe" seen feeding in autumn in Chateau Bay, Labrador, that had been described in 1785 by both the English ornithologist John Latham and by the...
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    Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Sandpipers, snipes, coursers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists'...
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    The giant snipe (Gallinago undulata) is a stocky wader. It breeds in South America. The nominate subspecies G. u. undulata occurs in two distinct areas...
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    Dunlin (redirect from Tang Snipe)
    Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2023). "Sandpipers, snipes, coursers". IOC World Bird List. V 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union...
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  • Thumbnail for Pantanal snipe
    The Pantanal snipe (Gallinago paraguaiae) is a bird in tribe Scolopancinai and subfamily Scolopacinae of family Scolopacidae, the sandpipers and relatives...
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  • bunting Lark sparrow Lark-like brushrunner Lark-like bunting Latham's francolin Latham's snipe Lattice-tailed trogon Laughing dove Laughing falcon Laughing...
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  • Thumbnail for Madagascar snipe
    The Madagascar snipe (Gallinago macrodactyla) is a small stocky wader. It breeds only in the humid eastern half of Madagascar, from sea-level up to 2...
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    delicata) Common snipe (G. gallinago) Latham's snipe (G. hardwickii) Imperial snipe (G. imperialis) Jameson's snipe (G. jamesoni) Madagascar snipe (G. macrodactyla)...
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    Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Sandpipers, snipes, coursers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists'...
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    names included Blackwit, Whelp, Yarwhelp, Shrieker, Barker and Jadreka Snipe. The Icelandic name for the species is Jaðrakan. There is an estimated global...
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    Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Sandpipers, snipes, coursers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists'...
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    Scolopacidae. Other species in that family include woodcocks, phalaropes, snipes, and sandpipers. Scolopacidae is a Charadriiform lineage. The species was...
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