Great Snipe

Gallinago media - Bécassine double

Bécassine double
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Scolopacidés

  • Genus
    :

    Gallinago

  • Species
    :

    media

Descriptor

Latham, 1787

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 29 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 47 à 50 cm.
  • Weight
    : 160 à 190 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Bécassine double
adult
Bécassine double
adult

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,
  • dubbelbeckasin,
  • 大沙錐,

Voice song and call

Bécassine double
adult

Habitat

Bécassine double
adult plum. breeding

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

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

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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