Order: Charadriiformes | Family: Scolopacidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southern Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southern Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southern Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Patagonia, Argentina
Status: The South American Snipe is rare or perhaps overlooked due to its secretive behavior. Overall it is poorly known and has been recorded in scattered locations along large Amazonian Rivers. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, Bo, Ch.
Name in Spanish: Becasina Sudamericana.
Sub-species: South American Snipe (Gallinago paraguaiae paraguaiae), Vieillot 1816.
Meaning of Name: Gallinago= L. Galli=hen chicken and ago= similar. paraguaiae L. related or originating in Paraguay, South America.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 01/01/2015.