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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 specific name delicata is Latin for "dainty". [3]
They differ in the number of tail feathers, with seven pairs in G. gallinago and eight pairs in G. delicata; the North American species also has a slightly thinner white trailing edge to the wings (the white is mostly on the tips of the secondaries). [8] [9] Both species breed in the Aleutian Islands. [6]
The name Gallinago was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 as a subdivision of the genus Scolopax. [2] Brisson did not use Carl Linnaeus's binomial system of nomenclature and although many of Brisson's genera had been adopted by ornithologists, his subdivision of genera were generally ignored. [3]
Wilson Snipe (Gallinago delicata) There is an extensive list of the snipe and snipe-like birds, and they can be separated into three main groups: semi-snipes, aberrant snipes, and true snipes. [2] For the purpose of this section, the group of the true snipes will be examined.
Gallinago stenura (Bonaparte, 1831) 39 Latham's snipe: Gallinago hardwickii (Gray, JE, 1831) 40 African snipe: Gallinago nigripennis Bonaparte, 1839: 41 Common snipe: Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758) 42 Wilson's snipe: Gallinago delicata (Ord, 1825) 43 Giant snipe: Gallinago undulata (Boddaert, 1783) 44 Noble snipe: Gallinago nobilis ...
Wilson's snipe (bécassine de Wilson), Gallinago delicata; Spotted sandpiper (chevalier grivelé), Actitis macularia; Green sandpiper (chevalier cul-blanc), Tringa ochropus (A) Solitary sandpiper (chevalier solitaire), Tringa solitaria; Lesser yellowlegs (petit Chevalier), Tringa flavipes; Willet (chevalier semipalmé), Tringa semipalmata
Wilson's snipe, Gallinago delicata (A) Spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularius; Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria (A) Lesser yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes; Willet, Tringa semipalmata (A) Greater yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca; Wilson's phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor (A)
Great snipe (heinäkurppa), Gallinago media; Common snipe (taivaanvuohi), Gallinago gallinago; Wilson's snipe (amerikantaivaanvuohi), Gallinago delicata (A) Swinhoe's snipe (siperiankurppa), Gallinago megala (A) Terek sandpiper (rantakurvi), Xenus cinereus; Wilson's phalarope (amerikanvesipääsky), Phalaropus tricolor (A)