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Common Snipe

Gallinago gallinago

The Common Snipe is a wading bird known for its long bill and beautiful, striped feathers. They love to hide in tall grass and wetlands, making them tricky to spot!

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Common Snipe has a stocky body with intricate brown, black, and buff streaky plumage, making it exceptionally camouflaged against wetland vegetation. It features a strikingly long, straight bill and distinctive dark stripes running through its eyes, contrasting with pale stripes above and below.

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Common Snipe
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Common Snipe

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Gefahr

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Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

A male snipe makes a 'drumming' sound with its outer tail feathers during a spectacular courtship dive.

Despite being ground-nesting birds, newly hatched snipe chicks can walk and feed themselves almost immediately!

The Common Snipe’s long bill is super sensitive, acting like tweezers to grab hidden food without opening its entire mouth!

Their eyes are placed far back on their heads, giving them nearly 360-degree vision!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Zig-Zag Escape

Common Snipe can fly in unpredictable zig-zag patterns because this helps them dodge predators in mid-air.

Fähigkeit

Sensitive Snout

Common Snipe has a flexible bill tip that helps them feel for worms and insects hidden deep in the mud.

Fähigkeit

Stealthy Blend

Common Snipe can blend perfectly into reedy marshes because its patterned feathers mimic the surrounding plant life.

Fähigkeit

Sky Drummer

Common Snipe creates a unique 'drumming' sound with its tail feathers while diving during courtship flights.

Maße und Details

Länge
23-28 cm
Flügelspannweite
39-45 cm
Gewicht
0.08-0.14 kg
Lebenserwartung
2-5 Jahre
Top Speed
80 km/h
Gelegegröße
3-4
Brutzeit
18-21 Tage
Zugstrecke
3000 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

They slurp up squishy worms and tasty insects hidden in the mud with their super long bills!

Hauptnahrung

  • Earthworms
  • Insect larvae
  • Beetles
  • Spiders
  • Snails
  • Crayfish

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Common Earthworm

Lumbricus terrestris

a favorite food found in mud.

eats

European Crane Fly

Tipula oleracea

eats the larvae of this insect.

eaten by

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

preys on eggs, chicks, and adults.

eaten by

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

a fast aerial predator.

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Sammlungen

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If you see a bird, watch quietly and don't get too close, so you don't scare it away.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Common Snipe?

23-28 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Common Snipe?

39-45 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Common Snipe?

0.08-0.14 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Common Snipe?

2-5 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Common Snipe?

80 km/h

Was frisst Common Snipe?

They slurp up squishy worms and tasty insects hidden in the mud with their super long bills!

Wo findet man Common Snipe normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Common Snipe?

Foraging

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