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Common snipe
Gallinago gallinago · Family Scolopacidae
Gallinago gallinago
Family Scolopacidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,375,566
- Countries and territories with records
- 180
About this species
This species has 2,375,566 occurrence records from 180 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (23.5%), the United Kingdom (10.8%), the Netherlands (10.8%), Denmark (8.1%) and Norway (7.7%); together they account for 61% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.55% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Gallinago gallinago combines the genus name Gallinago with the species epithet gallinago. The Warbla app catalog lists 18 species of the genus Gallinago; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Gallinago delicata, Gallinago hardwickii and Gallinago media.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 89 species of the family Scolopacidae. This species ranks 8th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Actitis macularius. Its record count is 3.4 times the family average (703,816). The family Scolopacidae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.