#0794 · 🐦 birds

Jack Snipe

🇳🇱 Bokje ·Lymnocryptes minimus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Aurelie Laurent · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Erik Eckstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Theodore · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Ville Räihä · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Kudaibergen Amirekul · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. © Илья Сухов · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © עומר וינר · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Елена Смирнова · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The jack snipe ( Lymnocryptes minimus ) is a small stocky wader. It is the smallest snipe, and the only member of the genus Lymnocryptes . Features such as its sternum make it quite distinct from other snipes or woodcocks.

base stats

NL sightings 27iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,674iNaturalist observations
weight 53.7 gadult, up to
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).