Snipe

A Snipe is any of 18 very similar wading bird species, characterised by a very long slender bill and cryptic plumage.

Related Topics:
Wading - Plumage

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These are birds of marshy areas which often crouch motionless when disturbed until exploding away when almost underfoot.

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They search for invertebrates in the mud with a "sewing-machine" action of their long bills.

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Most have distinctive displays, usually given at dawn or dusk.

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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.

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Species are:

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