#1101 · 🐦 birds

Wilson's Snipe

🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Watersnip ·Gallinago delicata

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Bridget Spencer · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Finn McGhee · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © bwood708 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Larry Meade · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Rick Nirschl · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © gregslak · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Jamie Chavez · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Bridget Spencer · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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".

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 25,831iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
25,831 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by George Ord in 1825 (201 years ago).