Gallinago [gallinago, delicata or paraguaiae] (Common, South American, Wilson's, Magellanic or Puna Snipe)

Common, South American, Wilson's, Magellanic or Puna Snipe

Gallinago [gallinago, delicata or paraguaiae] (= Gallinago gallinago) (Linnaeus, C 1758)

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Classification

Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Scolopacidae
Genus:
   Gallinago
Scientific:
  Gallinago gallinago

Original description

Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.147

Protonym:
Scolopax Gallinago

Type locality:
Europe, restricted type locality, Sweden.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/166/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
D8CE2F3FDDCB89AD

Avibase ID:
avibase-D8CE2F3F

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D8CE2F3F

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176700

Geographic range:

Gallinago gallinago: breeds low Arctic to temperate wetlands of Palearctic from Iceland to British Isles, Scandinavia, France, and Azores (northern Macaronesia) east through northern Russia to central Chukotskiy Peninsula, Kamchatka, Sea of Okhotsk, and Commander Islands (southeastern Russia); in south to northern Kazakhstan, eastern Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan, Kashmir (northwestern Himalayas), northern Mongolia, and northeastern China; winters temperate to tropical wetlands mainly north of Equator from British Isles to southern Europe, Macaronesia, northern Africa, west-central to east-central Africa, Middle East, central to southern Asia, eastern China, Taiwan, Korean Peninsula, central and southern Japan, Philippines, and Greater Sundas
Gallinago gallinago gallinago: northern Palearctic and Aleutians; winters to Africa, India, and Indonesia
Gallinago gallinago faeroeensis: Iceland, Faroe, Orkney, and Shetland islands; winters in British Islands
Gallinago delicata: Aleutian Islands and Alaska to southern USA; winters to northern South America
Gallinago paraguaiae: eastern Colombia to Trinidad, the Guianas, Brazil, and northern Argentina
Gallinago magellanica: breeds from central Chile and central Argentina southward to Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands; southernmost populations are migratory, nonbreeding distribution unclear but reaches Uruguay
Gallinago andina: montane wet grassland of western South America from Peru to northern Chile and northwestern Argentina
Gallinago andina andina: Andes of Peru (and possibly far southern Ecuador), northern Chile (Tarapacá), Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina (south to Catamarca)
Gallinago andina innotata: Andes of northern Chile (Antofagasta)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Common, South American, Wilson's, Magellanic or Puna Snipe
French:
Bécassine des marais, B. de Wilson ou B. de Magellan

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Common, South American, Wilson's, Magellanic or Puna Snipe ( Gallinago [gallinago, delicata or paraguaiae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Common, South American, Wilson's, Magellanic or Puna Snipe ( Gallinago [gallinago or paraguaiae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Common, South American, Wilson's, Magellanic or Puna Snipe ( Gallinago [gallinago, delicata or paraguaiae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Common, South American, Wilson's, Magellanic or Puna Snipe ( Gallinago [gallinago or paraguaiae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Common, South American, Wilson's, Magellanic or Puna Snipe ( Gallinago [gallinago or paraguaiae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Common, South American, Wilson's, Magellanic or Puna Snipe ( Gallinago [gallinago or paraguaiae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Common, South American, Wilson's, Magellanic or Puna Snipe ( Gallinago [gallinago or paraguaiae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Common, South American, Wilson's, Magellanic or Puna Snipe ( Gallinago [gallinago or paraguaiae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Common, South American, Wilson's, Magellanic or Puna Snipe ( Gallinago [gallinago or paraguaiae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Common, South American, Wilson's, Magellanic or Puna Snipe ( Gallinago [gallinago or paraguaiae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Common, South American, Wilson's, Magellanic or Puna Snipe ( Gallinago [gallinago or paraguaiae])
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Common Snipe ( Gallinago gallinago) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Other synonyms

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Arabic: الجهلول العادي(الشنقب), الشنقب, الشنقب رهيز, لشّنقب العادي
Asturian: Gacha
Azerbaijani: Bekas, Qıjıç
Belarusian: Бакас
Bulgarian: Средна бекасина
Bengali: পাতি চ্যাগা
Breton: Ar gioc'h lann, Gioc'h
Catalan: Becadell comú, Bequet, Cegall
Catalan (Balears): Cegall
Valencian: Bequet
Czech: Bekasina otavní, Bekasína otavní
Welsh: Dafad y gors, Gafr y gors, Gïach, Gîach gyffredin, Gïach gyffredin, Gîach myniar, Ysniden, Ysniten
Danish: Dobbeltbekkasin
German: Bekassine, Bekassine-gallinago
Greek: (Κοινό) Μπεκατσίνι, Μπεκατσίνι
Greek (Cypriot): Πικατσόνι
Emiliano-romagnolo: Cavartén
English: American snipe, Common Snipe, Common, South American, Wilson's, Magellanic or Puna Snipe, European snipe, Snipe, Wilson's snipe
Esperanto: galinago
Spanish: Agachadiza Común, agachona común, Becacina común, Becardón, Becasina Común, Guineíta
Spanish (Argentine): Becasina Común
Spanish (Costa Rica): Becacina común
Spanish (Cuba): Becasina
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Guineíta
Spanish (Mexico): agachona común
Spanish (Nicaragua): Agachadiza Común
Estonian: taevasikk, Tikutaja
Basque: Becadell comú, Istingor, Istingor arrunta
Finnish: heinäkurppa, Taivaanvuohi
Faroese: Døggreyv, Mýrisnípa
French: Bécassine des marais, Bécassine des marais, B. de Wilson ou B. de Magellan, Bécassine des marais, B. de Wilson ou B. sud-américaine
Frisian: Waarlamke
Irish: Meath gabhar, Mionnán aeir, Naosach, Naoscach
Gaelic: Budagochd, Croman Loin, Gabhar-Adeir, Naosg
Galician: Becacina, Becadell comú
Manx: Coa r Heddagh, Coa y r Heddagh, Coar heddagh, Coayr Heddagh
Hebrew: חרטומית ביצות, חרטומית בצות
Croatian: Šljuka Kokošica
Hungarian: Sárszalonka
Armenian: [Morakttsar ], Մորակտցար
Indonesian: Berkik Ekor-kipas
Icelandic: Hrossagaukur
Italian: Beccaccino, Beccaccino comune
Japanese (romaji): tashigi, Ta-shigi
Japanese: タシギ
Japanese (Kanji): 田鴫
Georgian: ჩიბუხა
Khakas: Таарғай
Kazakh: Тауқұдірет
Kazakh (Transliteration): tawqudiret
Korean: 깍도요, 꺅도요
Korean (Transliteration): kkyak-doyo
Cornish: Kyogh
Scientific: Gallinago [gallinago or paraguaiae], Gallinago [gallinago, delicata or paraguaiae], Gallinago gallinago, Gallinago gallinago gallinago, Scolopax Gallinago
Luxembourgish: Bekassinn
Lithuanian: Čekutis, Perkuno oželis, Perkūno oželis, Perkūno žirgelis, Velnio oželis
Latvian: Bekass, Dievāzītis, Ķikāns, Ķiku kaza, Mērkaziņa, Pērkonkaza, Pikaza, Piku kaza
Macedonian: Барска) шлука, Мочуришна (Ритска
Malayalam: വിശറിവാലന്‍ ചുണ്ടന്‍കാട
Mongolian: Шөвгөн хараалж
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠰᠢᠪᠦᠭᠡᠨ ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠭᠠᠯᠵᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Дэвүүрт хараалж
Mongolian (Transliteration): devüürt kharaalj
Malay: Berkek Ekor Kapas
Maltese: Bekkaċċ
Nepali: पानी चाहा
Dutch: Watersnip
Norwegian: Enkeltbekkasin, Mekregauk
Polish: (bekas) kszyk, Bekas, Bekas kszyk, Kszyk, kszyk (bekas)
Pinyin: shàn-wěi shā-zhuī
Portuguese: narceja, Narceja-comum
Portuguese (Brazil): narceja
Romansh: Becassina da palì
Romanian: Becațină comună
Russian: Bekas, Бекас, Бекас обыкновенный, Обыкновенный бекас
Scots: An meannan-adhair, Budagochd, Croman loin, Gabhar-adheir, Naosg
Northern Sami: Meahkástat
Slovak: Močiarnica mekotavá
Slovenian: kozica, kozice
Albanian: Shapka e ujit, Shapkë uji
Serbian: Barska šljuka, bekasina, Барска бекасина, Барска шлјука, Барска шљука, Бекасина
Swedish: Enkelbeckasin
Swahili: Sululu
Tamil: Visirivaal Ullan
Thai: นกปากซ่อมหางพัด
Thai (Transliteration): nók pàak-sô(a)am hăaŋ-pʰát
Turkish: Bataklık çulluğu, Bekasin, Su çulluğu, Su Çulluşu, Suçulluğu
Tuvinian: Баалаар-дылбый, дыспый, Хураган дэг эдер дылбый
Ukrainian: Баранець звичайний , Бекас
Vietnamese: Dẽ giun, Dẽ giun thường, Rẽ giun
Chinese: [shan-wei sha-zhui], [tian-yu], 扇尾沙錐, 扇尾沙锥, 田鷸
Chinese (Traditional): 扇尾沙錐
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 田鷸
Chinese (Taiwan): [tian-yu], 田鷸