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Madagascar Snipe

Gallinago macrodactyla Bonaparte, CLJL 1839

The Madagascar snipe is a small stocky wader. It breeds only in the humid eastern half of Madagascar, from sea-level up to 2,700 m, being more common above 700 m. It is non-migratory. Source: Wikipedia




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

Original description

Citation:
  Bonaparte, CLJL 1839

Reference:
   Iconogr. Fauna Ital. 1, fasc. 25 p.3 textpl.43

Protonym:
  Gallinago macrodactyla

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180238#page/355/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  11B37CB06E205E62

Avibase ID:
  avibase-11B37CB0

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/11B37CB0

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176703


VULNERABLE

Geographic range:

  • Gallinago macrodactyla: Marshes of e and central massif of Madagascar
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Madagascar Snipe
Catalan:
Becadell de Madagascar
Czech:
bekasina madagaskarská
Danish:
Madagaskarbekkasin
German:
Madagaskarbekassine
Spanish:
Agachadiza Malgache
Spanish (Spain):
Agachadiza Malgache
Finnish:
madagaskarinkurppa
French:
Bécassine malgache
Croatian:
madagaskarska šljuka
Hungarian:
madagaszkári sárszalonka
Italian:
Beccaccino del Madagascar
Japanese (romaji):
madagasukarujishigi
Japanese:
マダガスカルジシギ
Lithuanian:
Madagaskarinis perkūno oželis
Dutch:
Madagaskarsnip
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Madagaskarbekkasin
Norwegian:
Madagaskarbekkasin
Polish:
bekas madagaskarski
Portuguese:
Narceja-malgaxe
Russian:
Мадагаскарский бекас
Slovak:
močiarnica veľkozobá
Serbian:
Madagaskarska barska šljuka
Swedish:
madagaskarbeckasin
Ukrainian:
Баранець мадагаскарський
Chinese:
马岛沙锥
Chinese (Traditional):
馬達加斯加沙錐

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
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):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Bécassine malgache ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Bécassine malgache ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Clements 1st edition:
Madagascar Snipe ( Capella macrodactyla)
Clements, version 2021:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Clements, version 2022:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Clements 3rd edition:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Clements 4th edition:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
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):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Clements, version 2015:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Clements, version 2016:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Clements, version 2017:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Clements, version 2018:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Clements, version 2019:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
eBird version 1.50:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
eBird version 1.52:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
eBird version 1.53:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
eBird version 1.54:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
eBird version 1.55:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2016:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
eBird version 2022:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Madagascan Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Madagascan Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Madagascan Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Madagascan Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Madagascan Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Madagascan Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Madagascan Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Madagascan Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Madagascan Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Madagascan Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Capella macrodactyla
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Capella macrodactyla
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Capella macrodactyla
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Madagascan Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Madagascar Snipe ( Gallinago macrodactyla)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Gallinago macrodactyla
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Gallinago macrodactyla

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Bengali: ভাদাগাকামযয চযাগা
Bengali (transliteration): mādāgāskārēra cyāgā*
Catalan: Becadell de Madagascar
Czech: Bekasina madagaskarská
Danish: Madagaskarbekkasin
German: Madagaskarbekassine
English: Madagascan Snipe, Madagascar Snipe
English, HBW: Madagascar Snipe
English (IOC): Madagascan Snipe, Madagascar Snipe
English (United States): Madagascar Snipe
Esperanto: Madagaskara galinago
Spanish: Agachadiza Malgache
Spanish (Spain): Agachadiza Malgache
Spanish (HBW): Madagascar Snipe
Estonian: madagaskari tikutaja
Finnish: Madagaskarinkurppa
French: Bécassine malgache
Croatian: madagaskarska šljuka
Hungarian: madagaszkári sárszalonka
Italian: Beccaccino del Madagascar, Beccacino del Madagascar
Japanese (romaji): madagasukarujishigi
Japanese: マダガスカルジシギ
Scientific: Capella macrodactyla, Gallinago macrodactyla
Lithuanian: Madagaskarinis perkūno oželis
Malagasy: Agoly, Aretaky, Harakaraka, Hotrika, Kekakeka, Kitananata, Ravarava, vano
Dutch: Madagaskarsnip
Norwegian Nynorsk: Madagaskarbekkasin
Norwegian: Madagaskarbekkasin
Polish: bekas madagaskarski
Portuguese: Narceja-malgaxe
Portuguese (Portugal): narceja-malgaxe
Russian: Мадагаскарский бекас
Slovak: močiarnica veľkozobá
Serbian: Madagaskarska barska šljuka
Swedish: Madagaskarbeckasin
Turkish: Madagaskar suçulluğu
Tatar: Мадагаскар чуллыгы
Ukrainian: Баранець мадагаскарський
Chinese: 马岛沙锥
Chinese (Traditional): 馬達加斯加沙錐

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