Common snipe: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common snipe lives – recorded in 81 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Gallinago gallinago
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	81 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America
Mass	111 g (male organism, adult weight); 128 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Scolopacidae

Where does the common snipe live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common snipe in 81 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, People's Republic of China, Africa, Hefei.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a common snipe?

Wikidata records the following for the common snipe: mass 111 g (male organism, adult weight); 128 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the common snipe endangered?

The common snipe’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common snipe?

The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Scolopacidae, genus Gallinago. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common snipe

The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago, formerly also known as Gallinago cælestis) is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World, where it breeds in marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows. It is usually shy and well-camouflaged, foraging in soft mud mainly for insects and earthworms but also some plant material. During courtship, males perform a "winnowing" display; flying high in circles and then taking shallow dives to produce a "drumming" sound by vibrating the tail feathers.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common snipe (revision 1357301114), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q25692 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).