Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (53)
- Subspecies (2)
Jan Van Gils, Popko Wiersma, Guy M. Kirwan, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 31, 2015
Text last updated August 31, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Shapka e ujit |
| Arabic | شنقب شائع |
| Armenian | Մորակտցար |
| Asturian | Gacha comñn |
| Azerbaijani | Adi tənbəlcüllüt |
| Basque | Istingor arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Средна бекасина |
| Catalan | becadell comú |
| Chinese | 田鷸 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 扇尾沙錐 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 扇尾沙锥 |
| Croatian | šljuka kokošica |
| Czech | bekasina otavní |
| Danish | Dobbeltbekkasin |
| Dutch | Watersnip |
| English | Common Snipe |
| English (United States) | Common Snipe |
| Faroese | Mýrisnípa |
| Finnish | taivaanvuohi |
| French | Bécassine des marais |
| French (France) | Bécassine des marais |
| French (Haiti) | Bécassine des marais |
| Galician | Aguaneta común |
| German | Bekassine |
| Greek | (Κοινό) Μπεκατσίνι |
| Hebrew | חרטומית ביצות |
| Hungarian | Sárszalonka |
| Icelandic | Hrossagaukur |
| Indonesian | Berkik ekor-kipas |
| Italian | Beccaccino |
| Japanese | タシギ |
| Korean | 꺅도요 |
| Latvian | Mērkaziņa |
| Lithuanian | Perkūno oželis |
| Malayalam | വിശറിവാലൻ ചുണ്ടൻകാട |
| Marathi | सामान्य पाणलावा |
| Mongolian | Шөвгөн хараалж |
| Norwegian | enkeltbekkasin |
| Persian | پاشلک معمولی |
| Polish | kszyk |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Common Snipe |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Narceja |
| Romanian | Becațină comună |
| Russian | Бекас |
| Serbian | Barska šljuka |
| Slovak | močiarnica mekotavá |
| Slovenian | Kozica |
| Spanish | Agachadiza Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Agachadiza común |
| Swedish | enkelbeckasin |
| Thai | นกปากซ่อมหางพัด |
| Turkish | Suçulluğu |
| Ukrainian | Баранець звичайний |
Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Scolopax Gallinago
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.147.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe, restricted type locality, Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GALLINAGO
- gallinago
The Key to Scientific Names
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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 Common Snipe
