Species: Gallinago delicata

Wilson's Snipe

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Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Craniata

Class

Aves

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae

Genus

Gallinago

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Classification

Other Global Common Names

Agachona Común - bécassine de Wilson

Informal Taxonomy

Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Shorebirds

Formal Taxonomy

Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae - Gallinago - by some authors, but that name is regarded as invalid by most authorities (Banks and Browning 1995).

Ecology and Life History

Migration

true - true - true - Arrives in northern breeding areas mostly in April-May (late May-early June in far north of nw. Canada), departs most of breeding range by October-December (Bent 1927) (by end of September in far north). North American breeders migrate as far as Colombia, Venezuela, Surinam, and Ecuador (AOU 1983). Resident populations in South America east of Andes south to Paraguay, west of Andes in Chile (Hilty and Brown 1986). Migrants arrive in Costa Rica mid- to late October, remain through March or April (Stiles and Skutch 1989).

Non-migrant

true

Locally Migrant

true

Food Comments

Eats mostly insects (especially burrowing larvae), mollusks, crustaceans, and worms; sometimes also seeds of sedges and grasses. Probes into mud or soft soil, takes some food on surface.

Reproduction Comments

Clutch size usually 4. Incubation usually 17-20 days, by female. Young leave nest soon after hatching, tended by both parents in 2 separate groups, capable of sustained flight at about 20 days.

Ecology Comments

Nonbreeding: forages singly or in loose groups, usually roosts in flocks (Stiles and Skutch 1989).

Length

Weight

128

Conservation Status

NatureServe Global Status Rank

Global Status Last Reviewed

2005-10-06

Global Status Last Changed

2002-10-10

Other Status

LC - Least concern

Distribution

Conservation Status Map

Global Range

H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - BREEDING: northern Alaska east through southern Keewatin to Labrador, south to southern Alaska, central California, eastern Arizona, New Mexico (probably), Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, northern Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New England, and Maritime Provinces. NON-BREEDING: southern Alaska (rarely), southern British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Utah, central U.S., and Virginia south through Middle America and the West Indies to Colombia, Venezuela, Surinam, and Ecuador; casual or accidental in Hawaii, Bermuda, Greenland and Scotland (AOU 1998, Banks et al. 2002).

Global Range Code

Global Range Description

>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

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