Snipes, Sandpipers and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Imperial Snipe (Gallinago imperialis) - HBW 3, p. 497
French: Bécassine impériale
German: Kaiserbekassine
Spanish: Agachadiza Imperial
Other common names: Banded/Bogota Snipe
Taxonomy: Gallinago imperialis P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1869, Bogotá, Colombia.
Formerly placed in genus Chubbia. Monotypic.
Distribution: Isolated sites in Peru, in Piura, Amazonas, La Libertad and Cuzco.
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Pre-dawn roding display of two individuals. Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 7 January 2001 3 years ago 4.5
