Pantanal Snipe
Gallinago paraguaiae(Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
English (US) Pantanal Snipe
The Pantanal Snipe (Gallinago paraguaiae) 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: wetlands from central Colombia and Trinidad through the Guianas southward to northern Argentina and UruguayRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gallinago paraguaiae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pantanal Snipe
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Scolopax Paraguaiae
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
- Type locality
- Paraguay, ex Azara, no. 387.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 3 p.356
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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