Giant Snipe

Gallinago undulata - Bécassine géante

Bécassine géante
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Scolopacidés

  • Genus
    :

    Gallinago

  • Species
    :

    undulata

Descriptor

Boddaert, 1783

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 47 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 270 à 362 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Bécassine géante
adult
Bécassine géante
adult

Giant Snipe (Gallinago undulata) is a species of bird in the Scolopacidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Gallinago undulata undulata (Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, n Brazil)
  • Gallinago undulata gigantea (e Bolivia to Paraguay, se Brazil and ne Argentina)

Foreign names

  • Bécassine géante,
  • Agachadiza gigante,
  • narcejão,
  • Riesenbekassine,
  • óriássárszalonka,
  • Reuzensnip,
  • Beccaccino gigante,
  • jättebeckasin,
  • Kjempebekkasin,
  • močiarnica vlnkovaná,
  • bekasina velká,
  • Kæmpebekkasin,
  • isokurppa,
  • becadell gegant,
  • bekas wielki,
  • Большой бекас,
  • オニタシギ,
  • 巨沙锥,
  • jättebeckasin,
  • 巨沙錐,

Voice song and call

Bécassine géante
adult

Habitat

Bécassine géante
adult

Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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