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Fuegian Snipe

Gallinago stricklandii(Gray, GR, 1845)

English (US) Fuegian Snipe

The Fuegian Snipe (Gallinago stricklandii) 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: bogs of temperate central and southern Chile and southern Argentina to Cape Horn and Isla de los Estados (east of Tierra del Fuego)Range summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Gallinago stricklandii
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
English (US)
Fuegian Snipe
Described by
(Gray, GR, 1845)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Scolopax stricklandii
Described by
(Gray, GR, 1845)
Type locality
No locality = Hermit Island, Cape Horn.
Original description
The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843 1 Birds pl.23

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 98 species of the family Scolopacidae