#0975 · 🐦 birds

Great Snipe

🇳🇱 Poelsnip ·Gallinago media

NTnear threatened 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The great snipe ( Gallinago media ) is a small stocky wader in the genus Gallinago . This bird's breeding habitat is marshes and wet meadows with short vegetation in north-eastern Europe, including north-western Russia. Great snipes are migratory, wintering in Africa. The European breeding population is in steep decline.

base stats

NL sightings 2iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 808iNaturalist observations
weight 23.2 gadult, up to
threat NTnear threatened

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).