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Common Snipe

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Birds

Common Snipe

Gallinago gallinago

Observations in the area
7
Last sighting
28 January 2026
Category
Birds
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The species

The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World. The scientific name gallinago is New Latin for a woodcock or snipe from Latin gallina, "hen" and the suffix -ago, "resembling".

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