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[[Image:Noble_Snipe.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|COLOMBIA+Birding|COLOMBIA Birding}}<br />Eastern Andes, [[Colombia]], June 2010]]
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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The Noble Snipe, Gallinago nobilis, is a small stocky wader.
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30–33 cm
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This 30-32.5 cm long snipe has a stocky body and relatively short legs for a wader. Its upperparts, head and neck are streaked and patterned with dark brown and buff, and gold edges to the feathers form distinct lines down its back. The belly is white with brown barring on the flanks. The horn-coloured bill is very long and straight. The legs and feet are greyish-green. The sexes are similar, but females are longer billed; immature birds differ only in showing pale fringes on the wing coverts. The Noble Snipe has a clear melodious call.
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*Dark brown and buff-streaked upperparts, head and neck
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*Gold feather edges form lines along the back
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Andean Snipe occurs within the range of Noble Snipe, but has broad wings, a barred belly and dark underparts. Migrant Common and Magellan Snipe are smaller, have more pointed wings and white trailing edged to the wings.
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*White belly
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*Brown flank barring
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*Horn-coloured bill is very long and straight
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*Legs and feet are greyish-green
  
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Sexes similar, but females have a longer bill<br />
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Immature birds have pale fringes on the wing [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]]
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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It breeds in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela above or just below the treeline. It is entirely sedentary.
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[[South America]]: found from the Andes of [[Colombia]] to south-western [[Venezuela]], [[Ecuador]], and northern [[Peru]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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The Noble Snipe is found high altitude wet grassland marshes and swamps from 2,700 - 4,200 m.
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Highland wet grassland marshes and swamps.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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Little is known of its biology, but it has an aerial display, which involves flying high in circles, followed by a powerful stoop during which the bird makes a "drumming" sound, caused by vibrations of modified outer tail feathers, lower pitched than that of Common Snipe. It breeds from March to July.
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====Diet====
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Their main diet consists of insects and worms foraged from deep mud.
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The Noble Snipe is usually alone or in pairs, but is difficult to observe on the ground. It forages by pushing its long bill deep into the mud seeking insects and worms. Its cryptic plumage provides effective camouflage when the bird stands motionless amongst marsh vegetation.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2014)
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#Wikipedia
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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Latest revision as of 10:49, 31 May 2023

Photo by COLOMBIA Birding
Eastern Andes, Colombia, June 2010
Gallinago nobilis

Identification

30–33 cm

  • Dark brown and buff-streaked upperparts, head and neck
  • Gold feather edges form lines along the back
  • White belly
  • Brown flank barring
  • Horn-coloured bill is very long and straight
  • Legs and feet are greyish-green

Sexes similar, but females have a longer bill
Immature birds have pale fringes on the wing coverts

Distribution

South America: found from the Andes of Colombia to south-western Venezuela, Ecuador, and northern Peru.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Highland wet grassland marshes and swamps.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of insects and worms foraged from deep mud.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2014)
  3. Wikipedia

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External Links

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