Species

Gallinago delicata (Wilson’s snipe)

Gallinago delicata. Photo: (c) Kim Cabrera, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Wilson’s snipe (Gallinago delicata) is a small, stocky shorebird. The genus name gallinago is New Latin for a woodcock or snipe from Latin gallina, “hen” and the suffix -ago, “resembling”. The specific delicata is Latin for “dainty”.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Aves (Birds)
        Order: Charadriiformes (Shorebirds and allies)
        Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and allies)
        Genus: Gallinago (Typical snipes)
        Species: Gallinago delicata (Wilson’s snipe)

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