Common snipe

Common snipe
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Gallinago
Species:
G. gallinago
Binomial name
Gallinago gallinago
Subspecies

G. g. faroeensis
G. g. gallinago

Range of G. gallinago
  Breeding
  Resident
  Non-breeding
Synonyms
  • Scolopax gallinago Linnaeus, 1758
  • Capella gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758)

The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World.

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