Imperial Snipe
Gallinago imperialisSclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1869
English (US) Imperial Snipe
The Imperial Snipe (Gallinago imperialis) 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: elfin forest montane bogs from Ecuador to Peru (old records Colombia)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gallinago imperialis
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Imperial Snipe
- Described by
- Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1869
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1869
- Type locality
- Bogota, Colombia.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869, pt.2 p.419
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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