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Great Snipe

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Gallinago
Species: G. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Near Threatened ( NT) is a Conservation status assigned to species or lower taxa which may be considered threatened with extinction in the near future although The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large Birds It includes about 350 Species and has members in all parts of the world "Sandpiper" redirects here For the 1965 film see The Sandpiper. Gallinago is a genus of Birds in the Wader family Scolopacidae. media
Binomial name
Gallinago media
Latham, 1787

The Great Snipe, Gallinago media is a small stocky wader. John Latham ( June 27, 1740 - February 4, 1837) was an English Physician, naturalist and Author. Year 1787 ( MDCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Waders, called shorebirds in North America (where "wader" is used to refer to long-legged wading Birds such as Storks and

This bird's breeding habitat is marshes and wet meadows with short vegetation in north eastern Europe and north western Russia. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Great Snipes are migratory, wintering in Africa. Bird migration refers to the regular seasonal journeys undertaken by many species of Birds Bird movements include those made in response to changes in food availability The European breeding population is in steep decline.

The males display at a dusk lek during the breeding season, standing erect with chest puffed and tail fanned. A lek is a gathering of Males of certain animal species for the purposes of competitive Mating display They may jump into the air. They produce a variety of rattles, clicks, buzzes and whistles while displaying. 3-4 eggs are laid in a nest in a well-hidden location on the ground.

These birds forage in soft mud, probing or picking up food by sight. They mainly eat insects and earthworms, and occasional plant material. Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described Earthworm is the usual name for the largest members of Oligochaeta (which is either a class or subclass depending on the author in the phylum Annelida In classical They are difficult to see, being well camouflaged in their habitat. When flushed from cover, they fly straight for a considerable distance before dropping back into vegetation.

At 26-30 cm in length and a 42-50 cm wingspan, adults are only slightly larger, but much bulkier, than Common Snipe and have a shorter bill. The Common Snipe or Fantail Snipe ( Gallinago gallinago) is a small stocky shorebird. The body is mottled brown on top and barred underneath. They have a dark stripe through the eye. The wings are broad, and a pale wingbar is visible in flight.

The Great Snipe is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.

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