Gallinago
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Gallinago is a genus of birds in the wader family Scolopacidae, containing 18 species.
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Gallinago Imperialis Smit
Gallinago jamesoni, Quijos, Ecuador 09
Gallinago stricklandii, Punta Arenas, Chile
Snipe
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A snipe is any of about 26 wading bird species in three genera in the family Scolopacidae. They are distinguished by a very long, slender bill, eyes placed high on the head, and cryptic/camouflaging p
Gallinago
…genera had been adopted by ornithologists, his subdivision of genera were generally ignored. Instead, the erection of the genus Gallinago for the snipes was credited to German zoologist Carl Ludwig Koch in a book published in 1816. But in 1920 it was discovered that the German naturalist Johann Samuel…
Common snipe Botnsvatn
Depiction of a snipe hunter, by A. B. Frost
Snipe in Water, by Ohara Koson. Japan, 1900–1930