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'''Lekking''': in the last seconds of its display it blows up like a balloon and makes a ''pit-pit-pit-prrrrrrrr'' - sound before the chest returns to normal. | '''Lekking''': in the last seconds of its display it blows up like a balloon and makes a ''pit-pit-pit-prrrrrrrr'' - sound before the chest returns to normal. | ||
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- Gallinago media
Identification
Distribution
Breeds in northern Palearctic; winters to sub-Saharan Africa.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Marshland, pasture and wetland.
Behaviour
Migratory: recent results show that Great Snipe regularly fly non-stop from northern Europe to sub-Saharan Africa, with the longest such flight being 6800 km during 84 hours for a speed of about 96 km/hour. Returning in spring, there seemed to be a non-stop flight across Sahara to Balkan where the birds fed before continuing north.
Vocalisation
Lekking: in the last seconds of its display it blows up like a balloon and makes a pit-pit-pit-prrrrrrrr - sound before the chest returns to normal.
References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- BF Member Observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Great Snipe. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Great_Snipe
