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Magellanic Snipe

Gallinago magellanica

Least Concern
Familie
Scolopacidae
Ordnung
Charadriiformes
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Magellanic Snipe: 27–30 cm, snipe of southern South America from southern Chile and Argentina through Tierra del Fuego to the Falkland Islands. Cryptic streaked brown plumage. Inhabits boggy moorland, marshes, and wet grassland. Feeds by probing for invertebrates. Partially migratory; some populations winter further north.

Habitat & Range

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern
IUCN Red List

Verhalten & Brutverhalten

Nistverhalten

Nest type: SC.

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Taxonomie

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Ordnung Charadriiformes (Watvögel und Möwen)
Familie Scolopacidae (Strandläufer und Schnepfen)
Genus Gallinago
Arten Gallinago magellanica

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Is the Magellanic Snipe endangered?
The Magellanic Snipe has a conservation status of Least Concern.
How does the Magellanic Snipe nest?
Nest type: SC.
What order and family does the Magellanic Snipe belong to?
The Magellanic Snipe (Gallinago magellanica) belongs to the order Charadriiformes and the family Scolopacidae.

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