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Pantanal Snipe
Leonel Roget, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Shorebirds, gulls & terns

Pantanal Snipe

Gallinago paraguaiae (Vieillot, 1816)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishPantanal Snipe
DutchZuid-Amerikaanse Snip
SpanishBecasina de Bañado
Chinese南美沙锥
Scientific nameGallinago paraguaiae (Vieillot, 1816)

About this species

The Pantanal snipe (Gallinago paraguaiae) is a bird in tribe Scolopancinai and subfamily Scolopacinae of family Scolopacidae, the sandpipers and relatives. It is found on Trinidad and Tobago and in every mainland South American country (though only as a vagrant in Ecuador.)

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCharadriiformes
FamilyScolopacidae
GenusGallinago

In Suriname

109Records in Suriname
1857First record
2024Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Para50
  • Sipaliwini26
  • Commewijne5
  • Marowijne1
  • Nickerie1
  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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