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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 27–29 cm (10½-11½ in) | ||
| + | *White tips on wing-[[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]] | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | Breeds in northern [[Palearctic]]; winters to sub-Saharan [[Africa]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | [[Image:Great-snipe-lekking.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Displaying<br />Photo by {{user|steinn|steinn}}<br />Tisnes, Tromsø, [[Norway]], June 2000]] | ||
| + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Marshland, pasture and wetland. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
| + | Their diet consists mostly of worms and beetles; also seeds. | ||
| + | ====Movement==== | ||
| + | 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== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#BF Member Observations | ||
| + | #Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2014) | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| + | {{GSearch|"Gallinago gallinago"}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:34, 21 April 2022
- Gallinago media
Identification
27–29 cm (10½-11½ in)
- White tips on wing-coverts
Distribution
Breeds in northern Palearctic; winters to sub-Saharan Africa.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Marshland, pasture and wetland.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of worms and beetles; also seeds.
Movement
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, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- BF Member Observations
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2014)
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
External Links
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