Common snipe

Common snipe
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Scolopacidae
Genus:	Gallinago
Species:	G. gallinago
Binomial name
	Gallinago gallinago; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
	G. g. faroeensis; G. g. gallinago
	Range of G. gallinago Breeding Resident Non-breeding
Synonyms
	Scolopax gallinago Linnaeus, 1758; Capella gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758);

The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World.

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