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Wilson's Snipe
Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

Shorebirds, gulls & terns

Wilson's Snipe

Gallinago delicata (Ord, 1825)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishWilson's Snipe
DutchAmerikaanse Watersnip
SpanishAgachona Norteamericana
Chinese威氏鹬
Scientific nameGallinago delicata (Ord, 1825)

About this species

Wilson's snipe (Gallinago delicata) is a small, stocky shorebird. The generic name Gallinago is Neo-Latin for a woodcock or snipe from Latin gallina, "hen" and the suffix -ago, "resembling". The specific name delicata is Latin for "dainty".

This species was considered to be a subspecies of the common snipe (G. gallinago) until 2003 when it was given its own species status, though not all authorities recognized this immediately. Wilson's snipe differs from the latter species in having a narrower white trailing edge to the wings, and eight pairs of tail feathers instead of the typical seven of the common snipe. Its common name commemorates the American ornithologist Alexander Wilson.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCharadriiformes
FamilyScolopacidae
GenusGallinago

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
1850First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Marowijne1

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

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