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 Common Snipe
(Gallinago
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A Snipe is any of 18 very similar wading bird species, characterised by a very long slender bill and cryptic plumage.
They search for invertebrates in the mud with a "sewing-machine" action of their long bills.
Most have distinctive displays, usually given at dawn or dusk.
There are two southern snipe species in the genus Coenocorypha, 15 typical snipe in the genus Gallinago, and the very small Jack Snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus.
Species are:
- Chatham Snipe, Coenocorypha pusilla
- Subantarctic Snipe, Coenocorypha aucklandica
- Campbell Island Snipe, Coenocorypha sp.
- Jack Snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus
- Solitary Snipe, Gallinago solitaria
- Latham's Snipe, Gallinago hardwickii
- Wood Snipe, Gallinago nemoricola
- Pintail Snipe, Gallinago stenura
- Swinhoe's Snipe, Gallinago megala
- African Snipe, Gallinago nigripennis
- Madagascar Snipe, Gallinago macrodactyla
- Great Snipe, Gallinago media
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Common Snipe,
Gallinago
gallinago
- The American race, G. g. delicata is sometimes considered a separate species, Wilson's Snipe.
- South American Snipe, Gallinago paraguaiae
- Noble Snipe, Gallinago nobilis
- Giant Snipe, Gallinago undulata
- Fuegian Snipe, Gallinago stricklandii
- Andean Snipe, Gallinago jamesoni
- Imperial Snipe, Gallinago imperialis
Sniper Rifle
A sniper rifle is an extreme-long-range rifle intended for attacking targets over a long distance. It is usually affixed with a scope for easier targeting. Someone who uses a sniper rifle is known as a "sniper". The name of this type of rifle is usually agreed to be taken from the name snipe.