IUCN and region codes at bottom of page.
Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding Regions |
Breeding Subregions |
Nonbreeding Subregions |
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| African Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago nigripennis | AF | subtropical to tropical wetlands of ne, sc, s Africa | |
| Common Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago gallinago | PAL | widespread low Arctic to temperate wetlands of Palearctic: Iceland to British Isles, Scandinavia, France and Azores (n Macaronesia, nw of n Africa) e through n Russia to c Chukotskiy Pen., Kamchatka, Sea of Okhotsk and Commander Is. (se Russia); in s to n | s Europe, AF, OR : temperate to tropical wetlands of Eastern Hemisphere mainly n of Equator: British Isles to s Europe, Macaronesia (nw of n Africa), n Africa, wc to ec Africa, Middle East, c, s se Asia, e Asia, Greater Sundas, Philippines, Taiwan, e Chin |
| Fuegian Snipe (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago stricklandii | SA | bogs of temperate s South America: c, s Chile and s Argentina to Cape Horn and Isla de los Estados (e of Tierra del Fuego) | |
| Giant Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago undulata | SA | wet grassland of n, se South America | |
| Great Snipe (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago media | PAL | subarctic to temperate meadows of nw Palearctic: w, n Scandinavia and e Poland through w Russia to Yenisei River (w Siberia) | AF : wet grassland of tropical and subtropical Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Imperial Snipe (NT) i U | Scolopacidae | Gallinago imperialis | SA | elfin forest montane bogs of nw South America: Ecuador to Peru (old records Colombia) | |
| Jameson's Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago jamesoni | SA | montane bogs of n to wc South America: wc Venezuela to nc Bolivia | |
| Latham's Snipe (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago hardwickii | PAL | meadows and fields of temperate ne Palearctic: e Amurland and s Sakhalin (se Russia) and s Kuril Is. s through Honshu and ?Kyushu (n to s Japan) | AU : tropical to temperate freshwater wetlands: e Australia including Tasmania |
| Madagascar Snipe (VU) i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago macrodactyla | AF | wetlands of e Madagascar | |
| Magellanic Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago magellanica | SA | wet grassland of temperate s South America: c Chile and c Argentina to Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Is. | |
| Noble Snipe (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago nobilis | SA | montane wet grassland of nw South America: far w Venezuela to far n Peru | |
| Pantanal Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago paraguaiae | SA | wetlands of tropical to subtropical n, c South America: Trinidad, c, e Colombia through the Guianas s to n Argentina and Uruguay | |
| Pin-tailed Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago stenura | PAL | low Arctic tundra to temperate montane meadows of nc, ne Palearctic: nw Siberia and ne Kazakhstan and n Mongolia to c Chukotskiy Pen. to Sea of Okhotsk (e Siberia) | OR : inland wetlands of subtropical to tropical Oriental region: s, se Arabian Pen., s, se Asia, Greater Sundas, se China, Taiwan, Korean Pen., Ryukyu Is. (s Japan) |
| Puna Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago andina | SA | montane wet grassland of w South America: Peru to n Chile and nw Argentina | |
| Solitary Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago solitaria | PAL | montane wetlands of c, e Palearctic: Altai and Tien Shan mts. from sc Russia, ne Kazakhstan, nw Xinjiang and n Mongolia e to Kamchatka and ne China | n OR : montane e Kazakhstan to e Afghanistan, Himalayas, n se Asia, wc, se China, Korean Pen., n, c Japan and Sakhalin and Amurland (se Russia) |
| Swinhoe's Snipe i U | Scolopacidae | Gallinago megala | PAL | temperate woodland-edge wetlands of c, e Palearctic: ne Kazakhstan, sc Siberia, nc Mongolia and Amurland (se Russia) | OR, AU : wetland edge of subtropical to tropical e Oriental region: s Korean Pen., ec China, Taiwan, Philippines, Malay Pen., Indonesian Arch., New Guinea, far n Australia, Bismarck Arch. (including Admiralty Is.), Solomon Is., Mariana Is. (n Micronesia) |
| Wilson's Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago delicata | NA | Alaska to e Canada and northern tier of continental USA | NA (south of breeding range) to n SA |
| Wood Snipe (VU) i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago nemoricola | OR | alpine meadows and scrub of subtropical Asian mts.: w Himalayas from Himachal Pradesh to e India and sc China | OR : to lower-elevation wetlands and woodlands; rare to Indian Pen. and n se Asia |
66% 12 species of 18 (0 extinct).
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| IUCN Status Codes |
| EX | Extinct |
| EW | Extinct in the wild |
| CR | Critically Endangered |
| EN | Endangered |
| VU | Vulnerable |
| NT | Near Threatened |
| LC | Least Concern |
| DD | Data deficient |
| NE | Not evaluated |
LC not shown.
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| Breeding Range Codes |
| AF | Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) |
| AN | Antarctica |
| AO | Atlantic Ocean |
| AU | Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea
and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the
Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) |
| PAL | Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the
Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) |
| IO | Indian Ocean |
| LA | Latin America (Middle and South America) |
| MA | Middle America (Mexico through Panama) |
| NA | North America (includes the Caribbean) |
| NO | Northern oceans |
| OR | Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the
Philippines, and Greater Sundas) |
| PO | Pacific Ocean |
| SA | South America |
| SO | Southern oceans |
| TO | Temperate oceans |
| TrO | Tropical oceans |
| Worldwide | Worldwide |
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