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Squat, cryptically-plumaged shorebird with a very long bill. Inhabits a wide range of wetland habitats, from damp meadows to saltmarshes. Mostly inconspicuous, feeding in muddy ground by probing with its bill, usually near reeds or other grassy cover.
These birds prefer to live near marshes, bogs, in the tundra, taiga, grassy edges of lakes and rivers, estuaries, ponds, rice fields, and wet meadows. Common snipes are social birds that usually forage in small groups and may gather in flocks of up to 500 individuals at rich feeding grounds.
The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World.
Common Snipes inhabit a variety of wetland habitats, including bogs, marshes, wet meadows, and the edges of ponds and streams. They are widely distributed across Europe, Asia, and Central and East Africa.
The Common Snipe, Gallinago gallinago, is a small, stocky wader, part of the Scolopacidae family. It is a bird that is well adapted to its wetland habitats, with a mottled brown plumage adorned with straw-yellow stripes on its back and a paler underside.
A medium-sized wader, the snipe lives in marshes, wet grassland and moorlands, where it nests in simple scrapes. It uses its long, probing bill to find insects, earthworms and crustaceans in the mud, typically swallowing prey whole.
Snipe are medium sized, skulking wading birds with short legs and long straight bills. Find out more snipe facts including their habitat, food and distribution
