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Common Name

Wilson's Snipe

Alternate Names

Common Type

Snipe

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae

Genus

Gallinago

Species

delicata

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Taiwan,

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Nests in tudra, feeds in wetlands

Distribution and Range

Breeds in Alaska, Canada and norther US; winters southern US to Central America and South America

Food

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

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Field Notes:

This species was considered to be a subspecies of the common snipe (from Europe and Asia) until 2003 when it was given its own species status

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