Upland birds
Jack snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus
- Group
- Upland birds
- Size class
- Small (under 10 kg)
- Family
- Scolopacidae
Range
- Europe
- Asia
Habitat
- Wetland
Range
Countries it is found in
75 countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- China
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
Range from:Wikipedia country bird lists — read 2026-08-05
Field data
Tracks
A photograph of real sign left by Jack snipe. Prints vary with gait, ground and how long they have been there — treat this as one example, not a template.
Track photo:Donkey shotCC BY-SA 4.0
Cross-reference
Related species
Its closest relatives in the compendium, nearest kinship first.
Upland birds
Common snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Same family (Scolopacidae)
EuropeAsia
Upland birds
Eurasian woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
Same family (Scolopacidae)
EuropeAsia
Upland birds
Wilson’s snipe
Gallinago delicata
Same family (Scolopacidae)
North America
Upland birds
American woodcock
Scolopax minor
Same family (Scolopacidae)
North America