Jack snipe
| Jack snipe | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Lymnocryptes F. Boie, 1826 |
| Species: | L. minimus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lymnocryptes minimus (Brünnich, 1764) | |
| Range of L. minimus Breeding Non-breeding | |
| Synonyms | |
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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 such as its sternum and its continuous 'bobbing up and down' make it quite distinct from other snipes or woodcocks.