Photo:AlpsdakeCC BY-SA 3.0
Upland birds
Common snipe
Gallinago gallinago
- Group
- Upland birds
- Size class
- Small (under 10 kg)
- Family
- Scolopacidae
Range
- Europe
- Asia
Habitat
- Wetland
Range
Countries it is found in
130 countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bhutan
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Congo - Brazzaville
Range from:Wikipedia country bird lists, GBIF occurrence records — read 2026-08-05
Field data
Tracks
A photograph of real sign left by Common snipe. Prints vary with gait, ground and how long they have been there — treat this as one example, not a template.
Track photo:Garth HarwoodCC BY
Cross-reference
Related species
Its closest relatives in the compendium, nearest kinship first.
Upland birds
Wilson’s snipe
Gallinago delicata
Same genus (Gallinago)
North America
Upland birds
Eurasian woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
Same family (Scolopacidae)
EuropeAsia
Upland birds
Jack snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus
Same family (Scolopacidae)
EuropeAsia
Upland birds
American woodcock
Scolopax minor
Same family (Scolopacidae)
North America