Snipes, Sandpipers and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)

Andean Snipe (Gallinago jamesoni) - HBW 3, p. 497

French: Bécassine des paramos German: Andenbekassine Spanish: Agachadiza Andina
Other common names: Northern Cordilleran/Jameson's Snipe

Taxonomy: Xylocota jamesoni . Bonaparte, 1855, high Andes of Quito, Ecuador.
Formerly placed in genus Chubbia. Forms superspecies with G. stricklandii, with which often considered conspecific. Monotypic.

Distribution: Santa Marta Mts (N Colombia) and Andes from W Venezuela S to WC Bolivia.