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Common Name

South American Snipe

Alternate Names

Magellan Snipe

Common Type

Snipe

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae

Genus

Gallinago

Species

paraguaiae

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Argentina

Number of Sub-Species

Three Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Grassy savannah, peat bogs, boggy rivers.

Distribution and Range

Throughout South America

Food

Forage on wet meadows or mud flats by sight and by jabbing for aquatic insects, small invertibrates and some plant life.

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