Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae) - HBW 3
Giant Snipe (Gallinago undulata)
French: Bécassine géante
German: Riesenbekassine
Spanish: Agachadiza Gigante
Other common names: Guianan Giant Snipe
Taxonomy: Scolopax undulata Boddaert, 1783, Cayenne.
Genus formerly named Capella, as this name erroneously considered to pre-date Gallinago (see page 446). Some authors suggest that race gigantea may merit treatment as separate species. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- undulata (Boddaert, 1783) - W & E Colombia; Venezuela to extreme N Brazil and probably E to the Guianas.
- gigantea (Temminck, 1826) - E Bolivia, Paraguay and SE Brazil; probably also Uruguay and NE Argentina.
- Least Concern
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A bird on a grassland, at night Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (ssp gigantea)
Josep del Hoyo 13 July 2007 2 years ago 32 sec 4.7 -
A bird on a grassland, at dawn Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (ssp gigantea)
Josep del Hoyo 13 July 2007 2 years ago 30 sec 4.4
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Giant Snipe (Gallinago undulata) feeding at night at REGUA, Brazil Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (ssp gigantea)
Lee Dingain 29 October 2008 45 weeks ago 4
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Song on the ground. Boa Nova, Bahia, Brazil
(ssp gigantea)
Ciro Albano 9 April 2008 51 weeks ago 4
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