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  • Common Snipe, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Agustín Povedano, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

  • Common Snipe, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Jimmy Parker, all rights reserved

  • Common Snipe, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Carles Pastor, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

  • Common Snipe, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Nigel Voaden, some rights reserved (CC BY)

  • Common Snipe, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Shachar Hizkiya, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Common Snipe, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Luigi Andena, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Common Snipe

Gallinago gallinago

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About

The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World. The scientific name gallinago is New Latin for a woodcock or snipe from Latin gallina, "hen" and the suffix -ago, "resembling".

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