Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata(Ord, G, 1825)
English (US) Wilson's Snipe
The Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds central Aleutian Islands to eastern Canada and northern tier of continental USA; winters south of breeding range to northern South AmericaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gallinago delicata
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Wilson's Snipe
- Described by
- (Ord, G, 1825)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Scolopax delicata
- Described by
- (Ord, G, 1825)
- Type locality
- Pennsylvania.
- Original description
- American Ornithology or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States: illustrated with plates Engraved and Colored from Original drawings taken from Nature by Alexander Wilson 9 p.218
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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