OTHER NAMES: N/A
Latin Etymology: Gallinago ("woodcock/snipe") delicata ("dainty")
Adult Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) at Anchorage, Alaska, USA - August 2024
Featured Subspecies: N/A
Weight: 80-147g / Length: 23-28cm / Wingspan: 39-45cm
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Least Concern
The most common snipe species of North America and a close relation of the common snipe, Wilson's Snipe breeds widely across the majority of Canada and Winters largely in the Southern United States down through to South America. As with other snipe species, they specialise in using ther long beak to probe into deep mud for invertibrates.
Related Species:
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Gallinago
SUBSPECIES: none - monotypic
- Sighting Locations -
UNITED STATES - Breeds in Alaska and the Northern part of the Midwest, Winters in the Southern states.
- CHICAGO TO ALASKA ROADTRIP 2024: One at Potter's Marsh Boardwalk, Anchorage, Alaska
Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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