- Gallinago
Taxobox
name = " Gallinago "
image_width = 250px
image_caption =Common Snipe
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Charadriiformes
familia =Scolopacidae
genus = " Gallinago "
genus_authority = Brisson, 1760
subdivision_ranks = species
subdivision = "see text""Gallinago" is a genus of
bird s in thewader familyScolopacidae . Thesesnipe are all similar, with a very long slender bill and crypticplumage . Most have distinctive displays, usually given at dawn or dusk. They search forinvertebrate s in the mud with a "sewing-machine" action of their long bills.pecies in taxonomic order
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Solitary Snipe , "Gallinago solitaria"
*Latham's Snipe , "Gallinago hardwickii"
*Wood Snipe , "Gallinago nemoricola"
*Pintail Snipe , "Gallinago stenura"
*Swinhoe's Snipe , "Gallinago megala"
*African Snipe , "Gallinago nigripennis"
*Madagascar Snipe , "Gallinago macrodactyla"
*Great Snipe , "Gallinago media"
*Common Snipe , "Gallinago gallinago"
*Wilson's Snipe , "Gallinago delicata"
*South American Snipe , "Gallinago paraguaiae"
*Noble Snipe , "Gallinago nobilis"
*Giant Snipe , "Gallinago undulata"
*Fuegian Snipe , "Gallinago stricklandii"
*Andean Snipe , "Gallinago jamesoni"
*Imperial Snipe , "Gallinago imperialis"Fossil bones of some undescribed "Gallinago" species most similar to the
Great Snipe have been recovered in LateMiocene or EarlyPliocene deposits (c. 5 mya) of Lee Creek Mine, USA.References
* Hayman, Marchant and Prater, "Shorebirds" ISBN 0-7099-2034-2
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