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Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata · Family Scolopacidae
Gallinago delicata
Family Scolopacidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,618,738
- Countries and territories with records
- 65
About this species
This species has 1,618,738 occurrence records from 65 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (75.1%) and Canada (23.1%); together they account for 98.2% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.11% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Gallinago delicata combines the genus name Gallinago with the species epithet delicata. The Warbla app catalog lists 18 species of the genus Gallinago; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Gallinago gallinago, Gallinago hardwickii and Gallinago media.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 89 species of the family Scolopacidae. This species ranks 17th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Actitis macularius. Its record count is 2.3 times the family average (703,816). The family Scolopacidae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.