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Giant Snipe

Gallinago undulata (Boddaert, P 1783)

The giant snipe is a stocky wader. It breeds in South America. The nominate subspecies G. u. undulata occurs in two distinct areas, one in Colombia, and the other from Venezuela through Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana to extreme north-eastern Brazil. The southern subspecies G. u. gigantea is found in eastern Bolivia, eastern Paraguay and south-east Brazil, and probably also in Uruguay and north-eastern Argentina. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Scolopacidae
Genus:
   Gallinago
Scientific:
  Gallinago undulata

Original description

Citation:
  (Boddaert, P 1783)

Reference:
   Table Planches Enlum. D'Aubenton

Protonym:
  Scolopax undulata

Type locality:
  Cayenne, ex Daubenton, pi. 895.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88617#page/76/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  CBB7DCF0C18BEF3B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-CBB7DCF0

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/CBB7DCF0

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176712

Geographic range:

  • Gallinago undulata: wet grassland of northern and southeastern South America from eastern Colombia through French Guiana, and disjunctly southeastern Peru and Bolivia (where very rare) through Bahia (northeastern Brazil) and southward through Paraguay and Rio Grande do Sul (southeastern Brazil)
  • Gallinago undulata undulata: Colombia to Venezuela, the Guianas, and adjacent northern Brazil
  • Gallinago undulata gigantea: eastern Bolivia to Paraguay, southeastern Brazil, and northeastern Argentina
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Giant Snipe
Catalan:
Becadell gegant
Czech:
bekasina velká
Danish:
Kæmpebekkasin
German:
Riesenbekassine
Spanish:
Agachadiza Gigante
Spanish (Spain):
Agachadiza Gigante
Finnish:
isokurppa
French:
Bécassine géante
Croatian:
velika šljuka
Hungarian:
óriássárszalonka
Italian:
Beccaccino gigante
Japanese (romaji):
onitashigi
Japanese:
オニタシギ
Lithuanian:
Didysis perkūno oželis
Dutch:
Reuzensnip
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kjempebekkasin
Norwegian:
Kjempebekkasin
Polish:
bekas wielki
Portuguese:
Narcejão
Portuguese (Brazil):
narcejão
Portuguese (Portugal):
narceja-gigante
Russian:
Большой бекас
Slovak:
močiarnica vlnkovaná
Serbian:
Velika barska šljuka
Swedish:
jättebeckasin
Ukrainian:
Баранець-велетень
Chinese:
巨沙锥
Chinese (Traditional):
巨沙錐

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Giant Snipe ( Gallinago undulata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Giant Snipe ( Gallinago undulata) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Bécassine géante ( Gallinago undulata) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Bécassine géante ( Gallinago undulata) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Giant Snipe ( Capella undulata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 2024:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Giant Snipe ( Gallinago undulata) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Capella undulata [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Capella undulata [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Capella undulata [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Giant Snipe ( Gallinago undulata) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
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South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
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South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
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South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
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South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
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South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
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South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
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South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
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South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
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South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
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South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
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South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
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South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
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South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
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South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
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South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
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South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
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South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
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South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
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South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
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South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
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South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
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South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
Giant Snipe ( Gallinago undulata) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Gallinago undulata [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Gallinago undulata [version 1]

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Bengali: ফৃ঴ৎ চযাগা
Bengali (transliteration): br̥haṯ cyāgā*
Catalan: Becadell gegant
Carib: Torió-riô
Czech: Bekasina velká
Danish: Kæmpebekkasin
German: Riesenbekassine
English: Geant snipe, Giant Snipe
English, HBW: Giant Snipe
English (IOC): Giant Snipe
English (United States): Giant Snipe
Esperanto: Giganta galinago
Spanish: Agachadiza Gigante, Becasina Gigante
Spanish (Argentine): Becasina gigante
Spanish (Colombia): Becasina Gigante, Caica gigante
Spanish (Spain): Agachadiza Gigante
Spanish (HBW): Giant Snipe
Spanish (Peru): Becasina Gigante
Spanish (Paraguay): Becasina gigante
Spanish (Uruguay): Becasina Gigante
Spanish (Venezuela): Becasina Gigante
Estonian: hiidnepp
Finnish: Isokurppa
French: Bécassine géante
Guianese Creole French: Békasin
Guarani: Jakavere guasu, Jakavere-guasu
Croatian: velika šljuka
Hungarian: óriássárszalonka
Italian: Beccaccino gigante, Beccacino gigante
Japanese (romaji): onitashigi
Japanese: オニタシギ
Scientific: Capella undulata, Gallinago undulata, Gallinago undulata undulata, Scolopax undulata
Lithuanian: Didysis perkūno oželis
Dutch: Reuzensnip
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kjempebekkasin
Norwegian: Kjempebekkasin
Polish: bekas wielki
Portuguese: água-só, batuirão, Galinhola, narcejao, Narcejão, rapaz, Saia-dela
Portuguese (Brazil): água-só, batuirão, galinhola, narcejao, Narcejão, rapaz, saia-dela
Portuguese (Portugal): narceja-gigante, Narcejão
Russian: Большой бекас
Slovak: Močiarnica vlnkovaná
Serbian: Velika barska šljuka
Sranan: Grasisnepi
Swedish: Jättebeckasin
Turkish: Büyük çulluk
Tatar: дәү чуллык
Ukrainian: Баранець-велетень
Chinese: 巨沙锥
Chinese (Traditional): 巨沙錐

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