Great Snipe Gallinago media Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (44)
- Monotypic
Jan Van Gils, Popko Wiersma, Guy M. Kirwan, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 15, 2016
Text last updated August 15, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Dubbelsnip |
| Albanian | Shapka e madhe e ujit |
| Arabic | شنقب كبير |
| Armenian | Կրկնակտցար |
| Asturian | Gacha real |
| Azerbaijani | Böyük tənbəlcüllüt |
| Basque | Istingor handia |
| Bulgarian | Голяма бекасина |
| Catalan | becadell gros |
| Croatian | šljuka livadarka |
| Czech | bekasina větší |
| Danish | Tredækker |
| Dutch | Poelsnip |
| English | Great Snipe |
| English (United States) | Great Snipe |
| Finnish | heinäkurppa |
| French | Bécassine double |
| French (France) | Bécassine double |
| Galician | Aguaneta real |
| German | Doppelschnepfe |
| Greek | Διπλομπεκάτσινο |
| Hebrew | חרטומית בינונית |
| Hungarian | Nagy sárszalonka |
| Icelandic | Heiðasnípa |
| Italian | Croccolone |
| Japanese | ヨーロッパジシギ |
| Latvian | Ķikuts |
| Lithuanian | Stulgys |
| Norwegian | dobbeltbekkasin |
| Persian | پاشلک بزرگ |
| Polish | dubelt |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Narceja-real |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Narceja-real |
| Romanian | Becațină mare |
| Russian | Дупель |
| Serbian | Šljuka livadarka |
| Slovak | močiarnica tichá |
| Slovenian | Čoketa |
| Spanish | Agachadiza Real |
| Spanish (Spain) | Agachadiza real |
| Swedish | dubbelbeckasin |
| Turkish | Büyük Suçulluğu |
| Ukrainian | Баранець великий |
| Zulu | ununundomkhulu |
Gallinago media (Latham, 1787)
PROTONYM:
Scolopax Media
Latham, 1787. Supplement to the general synopsis of birds, p.292.
TYPE LOCALITY:
England, based on Gen. Syn., 3, pt. 1, p. 133, no. 4.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GALLINAGO
- gallinago
- media
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Great Snipe
