Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Giant Snipe (Gallinago undulata) - HBW 3, p. 497
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 Enlarge map
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A bird on a grassland, at night Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp gigantea)
Josep del Hoyo 13 July 2007 4 years ago 32 sec 4.7 -
A bird on a grassland, at dawn Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp gigantea)
Josep del Hoyo 13 July 2007 4 years ago 30 sec 4.4
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A bird on a grassland, at night.
Locality Boa Nova, Bahia State, Brazil (ssp gigantea)
Ciro Albano 20 November 2010 1 year ago 3.8 -
Giant Snipe (Gallinago undulata) feeding at night at REGUA, Brazil
Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp gigantea)
Lee Dingain 29 October 2008 2 years ago 3.8 -
Giant Snipe (Gallinago undulata)
Locality Itatiaia National Park, Brazil
Guy Poisson 16 September 2007 1 year ago 2.7
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Song on the ground. Locality Boa Nova, Bahia State, Brazil
(ssp gigantea)
Ciro Albano 9 April 2008 2 years ago 4
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