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
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Fuegian Snipe
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1845)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic 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.
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