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If the snipe flies, hunters have difficulty wing-shooting due to the bird's erratic flight pattern. The difficulties involved around hunting snipes gave rise to the military term sniper , which originally meant an expert hunter highly skilled in marksmanship and camouflaging , but later evolved to mean a sharpshooter or a shooter who makes ...
Wilson's snipe (Gallinago delicata) is a small, stocky shorebird. [2] The generic name Gallinago is Neo-Latin for a woodcock or snipe from Latin gallina , "hen" and the suffix -ago , "resembling".
The jack snipe or jacksnipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) is a small stocky wader. It is the smallest snipe , and the only member of the genus Lymnocryptes . Features such as its sternum and its continuous 'bobbing up and down' make it quite distinct from other snipes or woodcocks .
Rhagionidae or snipe flies are a small family of flies. ... (Leptidae) in the United States and Canada, Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 7:1–181.
The common snipe is a well camouflaged bird, it is usually shy and conceals itself close to ground vegetation and flushes only when approached closely. When flushed, they utter a sharp note that sounds like scape, scape and fly off in a series of aerial zig-zags to confuse predators. [ 12 ]
common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) at MarshsideMarshside is a wetland nature reserve operated by the RSPB in the Marshside area of Southport, Merseyside, England.It lies 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of the centre of Southport, [1] on the southern side of the Ribble estuary, and is part of the wider Ribble & Alt Estuaries Ramsar reserve.
Chrysopilus thoracicus, the golden-backed snipe fly, is a species of snipe fly in the family Rhagionidae. [2] Golden-backed snipe fly, Chrysopilus thoracicus Golden-backed snipe fly, Chrysopilus thoracicus. It is usually found in woodland areas of the eastern part of North America. [3]