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WORLD BIRDS / IOC 15.2

Great Snipe

Gallinago media

Great Snipe belongs to Scolopacidae, within the order Charadriiformes. Explore the recorded facts below, then discover other birds in the same family.

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Great Snipe · Gallinago media
Illustration, not a field photograph.

Taxonomy & recorded facts

Scientific name
Gallinago media
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Conservation record
NT · Near Threatened
Habitat in source
Wetland
Reported mass
170 g

Conservation categories reflect the source dataset, not a live IUCN assessment. Missing measurements are omitted. Game combat values are not biological measurements.

Distribution record

古北界:古北界西北部亚北极至温带草甸:斯堪的纳维亚半岛西部、北部和波兰东部,经俄罗斯西部至叶尼塞河(西伯利亚西部)

Original Chinese range description retained from the source catalog.

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Illustration source:huashu-bird-sticker · PolyForm-Shield-1.0.0 · Christoph Moning · Reference record ↗

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