Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus(BrĂ¼nnich, MT, 1764)
English (US) Jack Snipe
The Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) 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 taiga wetlands from Scandinavia and northeastern Poland to east-central Siberia; winters inland wetlands from Faroe and British islands, western and southern Europe, Mediterranean, tropical Africa, Middle East, and southern AsiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lymnocryptes minimus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Jack Snipe
- Described by
- (BrĂ¼nnich, MT, 1764)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Scolopax minima
- Described by
- (BrĂ¼nnich, MT, 1764)
- Type locality
- Christianso.
- Original description
- Ornithologia borealis, sistens collectionem avium ex omnibus, Imperio Danico subjectis (etc.) p.49
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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